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Easy Homemade Biscuits

October 20, 2019 By Jere Cassidy 24 Comments

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Homemade biscuits from scratch are so easy to make and can be on your table in 30 minutes. The best thing about these delicious melt in your mouth golden flaky Easy Homemade Biscuits is the recipe uses basic ingredients, and yes, melt in your mouth biscuits are for real.

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Easy Homemade Biscuits

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Just imagine making biscuits at home that are warm and flaky right out of your oven for breakfast or to go with that big pot of stew, now slather on some sweet butter and jam, make a sandwich or serve an old favorite dish of sausage gravy and biscuits.  Made from scratch biscuits are simply the best comfort food ever! Try this recipe for Orange Oat Biscuits made with Tea, you need a teabag to make these biscuits.

There are so many biscuit recipes, some take cream, buttermilk, sour cream, or maybe an egg. Most times I don’t have buttermilk or sour cream on hand and if I’m down to my last egg I may not want to use it just in case I need a late-night fried egg sandwich.  That is why this is my go-to recipe because it really does take just basic ingredients you probably already have.

butter, flour, milk and baking powder for biscuits

You just need six ingredients

  • Flour – I use all-purpose flour
  • Milk – whole milk is best
  • Butter – Keep your butter really cold.
  • Baking Powder
  • Sugar
  • Salt

Let’s make biscuits

Use cold butter

Make sure your butter is cold. For this recipe, I cut cold butter into thin slices and then put back into the refrigerator until I am ready to use it. This is not the time to use room temperature butter since it will not yield nice fluffy biscuits.

Sliced Butter for biscuits

Adding the Butter into the Flour

Work the cold butter into the flour with your fingers or a pastry cutter quickly to create clumps or shards of butter which will create little steam pockets when baked that result in flaky biscuits.

Mixing butter into fliour for biscuits

Mixing in the Milk

Add the cold milk and gently mix the dough to combine the dry ingredient, overmixing will make the biscuits tough.

Mixing milk into butter and flour for biscuits

Pat the Dough Out

Pat the dough out on a lightly floured surface to keep from overworking the biscuit dough, no rolling pin required here. It’s your choice of a circle or rectangle that is 1/2 – 3/4 inch thickness.

Cutting the Dough

Use a sharp cutter like a cookie cutter to cut through the dough, but don’t twist the cutter which compresses the dough which makes your biscuits not rise as much.  Another option is cutting the dough into squares using a sharp knife, bench scraper or pizza cutter. Using sharp utensils gives the dough a nice clean cut and will help make your biscuits tall and flaky.

Cutting biscuit dough in rounds

Soft Biscuits versus Crusty Biscuits

For softer biscuits place on a baking sheet touching each other. For crustier biscuits space the biscuits apart on a baking sheet so each gets baked all around.

Brushing biscuits with butter before baking

Bake the biscuits

Pop the biscuits in a 425 F. degree oven for 15 minutes until they are golden brown biscuits.

Once you make these biscuits and break one open you will find it is tender and flaky is waiting on a big pat of butter to melt into all the nooks and crannies.

tea and biscuits

 

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What You Need To Make Biscuits

Baking Sheet Pan – since this is a small batch of biscuits a 1/4 sheet pan is all you need.

Silicone Baking Mat – these fit inside a quarter sheet pan (9″ x 13″) and make clean up a breeze plus nothing sticks to them

Pastry Dough Tools this is my favorite cutter set. You get a pastry dough cutter and stacking cookie cutters combined.

Pastry Brush   for brushing the biscuits with butter and you can use it for so many other baking and cooking recipes

Biscuit baking tips

Using Buttermilk – For all you buttermilk biscuit lovers you can definitely use buttermilk instead of whole milk in this recipe for a tangier flavor.

How to freeze biscuits – This is the best-kept secret ever.  Make a batch of biscuits, cut into rounds or squares, and put on a small baking sheet or tray to fit into your freezer. Freeze the dough until firm then place the frozen dough into a plastic freezer bag or a sealed container.

Now you have biscuits ready to bake anytime you want, and you can even just bake one! Yes, one biscuit for that time you want to have a biscuit indulgence all by yourself.

Homemade Biscuits

Don’t forget these awesome pastry cutters that will work for biscuits, pie dough, and cookies.

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Easy Homemade Biscuits

These Easy Homemade Biscuits tender, flaky and buttery and can be ready in 30 minutes using basic ingredients for the best biscuits ever.
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Course Biscuits
Cuisine Breads
Keyword biscuits, easy biscuits, how to nake biscuits
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 9 biscuits
Calories 254kcal
Author Jere' Cassidy

Equipment

Pastry Dough Cutters
Quarter Sheet Baking Mat
Pastry Brush
13 x 9 sheet pan

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 tbls baking powder
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 6 tbls butter, unsalted cut into thin slices
  • 3/4 cup whole milk can use 2%

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425° F and prepare a 13" x 9" baking pan with a Silpat sheet or parchment paper.
  • Cut the cold butter into thin slices and place in the refrigerator to rechill
  • In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt and mix to combine
  • Drop the cold butter slices into the flour mixture and toss to coat. Using your fingers rub the butter into the flour to make small flake pieces. You can also use a pastry cutter for this. Make sure not do overdo this, you want to be able to see the butter pieces.
  • Pour the milk into the flour/butter mixture and stir until just combined.
  • Gently need the dough to bring all the ingredients together.
  • Turn the dough out on a lightly floured board and with your hands shape the dough into a circle or rectangle to a 1/2" to 3/4" thickness
  • Using a 2" or 3" round cutter cut the dough into as many biscuits as possible. Gently gather the scraps of dough and push them together to cut the remaining biscuits. If you pat the dough into a rectangle you can cut the dough in squares with a knife which results in no scrapes.
  • Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter and bake for 15-18 minutes.

Notes

There serving size will vary depending on the size of cutter you use and how large you pat out the dough.  
Unbaked biscuits can be frozen. Place the cut out unbaked dough on a try and freeze.  Once frozen place the dough in a freezer bag.  To bake, place the frozen dough on a cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 18-22 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.

Nutrition

Serving: 9 | Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 23.8g | Fat: 16.2g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 252mg

Biscuits, butter and jam

 

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  1. Ramona's Cuisine

    October 28, 2019 at 10:56 am

    5 stars
    I have made these buiscuits and I have used wholemeal flour and added some cheddar cheese – turned out absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe 😉

    Reply
  2. Jenni LeBaron

    October 28, 2019 at 10:32 am

    5 stars
    These biscuits sound lovely! I think there’s almost nothing better on a weekend morning than a classic biscuit with butter and jam and this recipe looks like just the ticket!

    Reply
  3. Mirlene

    October 28, 2019 at 2:08 am

    5 stars
    This is the exact recipe I needed to make biscuits. Soft and flaky. Will try soon!

    Reply
  4. Alexis

    October 27, 2019 at 2:40 am

    5 stars
    I’ve been looking for an easy but tasty biscuit recipe forever. This one is amazing. Thank you!

    Reply
  5. Emily

    October 25, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    5 stars
    These homemade biscuits are perfect for the upcoming holidays and also just for every day! You just can’t go wrong with this recipe!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 26, 2019 at 5:56 pm

      Yes, gotta have biscuits to go with turkey and ham and all the leftover goodies

      Reply
  6. Erika

    October 25, 2019 at 9:15 am

    5 stars
    I love homemade biscuits. I’ve never tried making my own from scratch, so I definitely need to try these.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 26, 2019 at 5:56 pm

      Biscuits are really easy, just mix and bake till golden brown.

      Reply
  7. Stine Mari

    October 25, 2019 at 6:02 am

    5 stars
    I love how buttery and flaky these are. My mouth literally watered just by looking at the photos!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 26, 2019 at 5:56 pm

      Awe, thanks. I always appreciate you kind comments.

      Reply
  8. Jacqui Debono

    October 25, 2019 at 2:40 am

    5 stars
    I don’t know why, but I haven’t attempted my own biscuits yet. I always have all of these ingredients in, so I have no excuse now!

    Reply
  9. Kacie

    October 24, 2019 at 7:52 am

    5 stars
    I’ve never ever tried this kind of biscuit. Being in the UK, biscuits here tend to be the sweet kind. I would love to try them one day though.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 26, 2019 at 5:58 pm

      Funny there is such a difference. Are your biscuits really considered scones?

      Reply
  10. Colleen

    October 23, 2019 at 9:18 am

    5 stars
    Biscuits were one of the first things we learned to make in grade 8 home economics class, and I still love making them. Your process shots are great!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 23, 2019 at 1:10 pm

      Yep, home ec class, where you learn to make good basic food.

      Reply
  11. Shashi at SavorySpin

    October 22, 2019 at 2:32 am

    5 stars
    Hard to beat delicious and fluffy homemade biscuits like these!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 22, 2019 at 2:50 pm

      I so agree. I love biscuits.

      Reply
  12. Paula Montenegro

    October 22, 2019 at 2:32 am

    5 stars
    So simple and delicious, this is a fantastic recipe! And the process photos are perfect. I may or may not be planning on eating homemade biscuits tonight haha! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 22, 2019 at 2:51 pm

      I making soup so biscuits are necessary.

      Reply
  13. Dannii

    October 22, 2019 at 2:09 am

    These look so buttery and delicious.

    Reply
  14. Michelle

    October 21, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    5 stars
    These biscuits sound delicious, and look perfectly flaky! I bet they taste amazing warm with butter and jam.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 22, 2019 at 2:51 pm

      Butter and jam, my favorite way to eat biscuits.

      Reply
  15. Farah

    October 21, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    5 stars
    I’d love to have these for breakfast with some fresh strawberry jam. They look perfectly flaky and delicious!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      October 22, 2019 at 2:52 pm

      Oooh, strawberry jam would be great.

      Reply

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