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Easy Homemade Biscuits

March 11, 2020 by Feeding Your Fam 6 Comments

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Homemade Biscuits are buttery, fluffy and perfect for topping with eggs, gravy, honey or jam! This easy biscuit recipe will have you making biscuits all the time!!

fluffy biscuits on a cooling rack

Ingredients for Biscuits

  • Flour-All purpose flour works great for this recipe. Measure the flour by scooping it into a measuring spoon a leveling off with a straight knife. 
  • Baking Powder- make sure your baking powder is fresh. It is easy to let these kind of items sit in the back of a cupboard and then they get old, it won’t perform like it should. 
  • Butter- for this recipe I used salted butter, make sure it is cold so you grate it or break it up into little pieces.

ingredients

  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Buttermilk or Milk– I don’t always have buttermilk on hand for this recipe so a great substitute is to mix one cup of milk with one tablespoon of distilled vinegar or lemon juice and let it sit for 5 minutes. This will create sour milk that you can use in place of buttermilk.

How to make Homemade Biscuits

To make this simple biscuit recipe, start by combining the dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, salt and sugar. Just whisk until the flour is fine and you don’t see any clumps. 

Add in the cold butter and mix it into the flour mixture using a pastry knife. Another easy method is to use a cheese grater to grate the butter and then add it to the flour mixture. 

flour and butter

You want the butter to be about the size of a pea. If you don’t own a pastry knife you can use two butter knives or even a fork to break up the butter in the flour mixture. To use two knives simple hold a knife in each hand and slice through the butter repeatedly until you have broken it down to small pieces. 

Pour in the buttermilk/milk and stir with a wooden spoon until well combined. The dough will be sticky at this point. Roll the dough out of the mixing bowl onto a well floured, clean countertop. 

mixing and rolling out dough for biscuits

Knead the dough on the flour surface for one minute until no longer sticky. Use a rolling pin to roll the biscuit dough out to a 1/2 inch thick circle. To cut the biscuits you can use a biscuit cutter if you have one, or I don’t, so I just use a drinking glass to cut out my biscuits. The glass I use is about 2 inches in diameter and makes the perfect sized biscuits. 

Place the cut biscuits onto a baking sheet, it does not need to be greased. Repeat the process of rolling out the biscuit dough and cutting biscuits until you have used up all of the dough. 

Bake the biscuits in a 425º F oven for 12-15 minutes, until they are cooked through and golden brown on top. 

Remove from the oven and eat while warm…because they are so much better fresh out of the oven!

biscuit opened

Recipe

fluffy biscuits on a cooling rack
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4.6 from 5 votes

Easy Homemade Biscuits

Homemade Biscuits are buttery, fluffy and perfect for topping with eggs, gravy, honey or jam! This easy biscuit recipe will have you making biscuits all the time!!
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time13 mins
Total Time18 mins
Course: Bread, Breakfast, Rolls, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Breakfast, Comfort Food
Keyword: Easy Homemade Biscuits
Servings: 8
Calories: 220kcal
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Author: Sarah Alvord, Feeding Your Fam

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 6 tablespoon butter, cold
  • 1 cup buttermilk (or milk, see notes)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425º F.
  • In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Whisk until fine and no lumps remain.
  • Add the cold butter. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry knife or two butter knives. Slice up the butter until only small, pea sized pieces remain.
  • Pour in the butter milk and stir with a wooden spoon until well combined. The dough will still be a little sticky at this point.
  • Roll the dough out onto a well floured countertop. Knead the dough and few times in the flour until it is no longer sticky.
  • Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a circle, about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out the round biscuit shapes using a biscuit cutter or 2" drinking glass. Place the cut biscuits onto a baking sheet.
  • Continue rolling out the dough and cutting biscuits until all of the dough has been used.
  • Bake the biscuits for 12-15 minutes, until cooked through and golden brown.

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Notes

  • If you don't have buttermilk, you can still make this recipe by combining one cup of milk and one tablespoon of vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes, use this to substitute the buttermilk in the recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 398mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 312IU | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg
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Homemade Biscuits are buttery, fluffy and perfect for topping with eggs, gravy, honey or jam! This easy biscuit recipe will have you making biscuits all the time!!

FINISHED RECIPE

What to serve with biscuits:

  • Broccoli Potato Cheese Soup
  • Breakfast Hash
  • Strawberry Freezer Jam

 

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  1. Keriah Garcia

    January 25, 2021 at 10:36 am

    5 stars
    Thank you for sharing this simple & delicious recipe!!! Never buying biscuits again. 5*****!!!!!

    Reply
    • Feeding Your Fam

      January 25, 2021 at 3:10 pm

      So happy you liked this recipe!! Thank you so much for coming back and leaving me such a nice comment! Made my day!!

      Reply
  2. Teresa

    April 3, 2021 at 10:27 am

    So happy to find this recipe, very delicious and simple to make. Thank you for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Feeding Your Fam

      April 3, 2021 at 5:37 pm

      I’m so happy you like this recipe! We make these all the time! Hope they become a regular in your home too!!

      Reply
  3. Royce

    November 28, 2021 at 9:48 am

    4 stars
    How much butter did you put in?

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    • Feeding Your Fam

      November 29, 2021 at 10:20 am

      The recipe calls for 6 tablespoons of cold butter.

      Reply

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