Homemade Biscuits
This recipe can be doubled to make 12 biscuits.
Prep: 15min
Total: 27min
Yield: 6
Serving Size: 1 biscuit
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 biscuit, calories 280 kcal, Carbohydrate 36 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 13 g, Saturated Fat 8 g, Cholesterol 33 mg, Sodium 405 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 4 g
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((250g))
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter (very cold (85g), unsalted European butter is ideal, but not required)
- ¾ cup whole milk¹ ((177ml) buttermilk or 2% milk will also work)
Instruction:
- For best results, chill your butter in the freezer for 10-20 minutes before beginning this recipe. It’s ideal that the butter is very cold for light, flaky, buttery biscuits.
- Preheat oven to 425F and line a cookie sheet with nonstick parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix well. Set aside.
- Remove your butter from the refrigerator and either cut it into your flour mixture using a pastry cutter or (preferred) use a box grater to shred the butter into small pieces and then add to the flour mixture and stir.
- Cut the butter or combine the grated butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add milk, use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir until combined (don’t over-work the dough).
- Transfer your biscuit dough to a well-floured surface and use your hands to gently work the dough together. If the dough is too sticky, add flour until it is manageable.
- Once the dough is cohesive, fold in half over itself and use your hands to gently flatten layers together. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and fold in half again, repeating this step 5-6 times but taking care to not overwork the dough.
- Use your hands (do not use a rolling pin) to flatten the dough to 1″ thick and lightly dust a 2 ¾” round biscuit cutter with flour.
- Making close cuts, press the biscuit cutter straight down into the dough and drop the biscuit onto your prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat until you have gotten as many biscuits as possible and place less than ½” apart on baking sheet.
- Once you have gotten as many biscuits as possible out of the dough, gently re-work the dough to get out another biscuit or two until you have at least 6 biscuits.
- Bake on 425F for 12 minutes or until tops are beginning to just turn lightly golden brown.
- If desired, brush with melted salted butter immediately after removing from oven. Serve warm and enjoy.
How to Make Flaky Biscuits
FAQ
What are the ingredients used in biscuit making?
The main ingredients for biscuit making are flours, sugars and fats. To these ingredients, various small ingredients may be added for leavening, flavour and texture. The principle ingredient of biscuits is wheat flour. Wheat flour contains proteins including gliadin and glutenin.
What makes a biscuit light and fluffy?
Low-protein flours keep biscuits fluffy and light, never tough. Yogurt provides both hydration and structure, for biscuits that bake up straight and tall but moist. Baking soda neutralizes some of the yogurt’s acidity, helping the biscuits to brown.
What is the secret to great biscuits?
10 Tips to Flaky Butter Biscuits
- Use Cold Butter for Biscuits. For flaky layers, use cold butter. …
- Measure Ingredients Accurately. …
- Use Fresh Baking Powder. …
- Buttermilk and Biscuits. …
- Rolling or Patting Biscuit Dough. …
- Do not Overwork Biscuit Dough. …
- Do not Twist the Biscuit Cutter. …
- Best Baking Sheet.
What are the 4 types of biscuits?
Types of Biscuits
- Rolled Biscuits. Rolled biscuits are one of the most popular baking-powder leavened quick breads. …
- Drop Biscuits. Drop biscuits have more milk or other liquid added to the dough than rolled biscuits. …
- Scones. …
- Shortcakes.
