Easy Biscuits
on Nov 09, 2021, Updated Jun 08, 2024
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These Easy Biscuits are a staple in my home. Biscuits and scones are extremely similar and can be made with so many different fillings. Here, I’m giving you a classic buttermilk biscuit recipe, but you can feel free to adapt. Add dried raisins, grate in some of your favorite 🧀 cheeses, or add in fresh chopped 🌿 herbs. I want you guys to have fun with these and make them with flavors and ingredients you love. This recipe makes about 22 small biscuits but you can make them as large as you wish.
Why You’ll Love Easy Biscuits
You will seriously impress with these Easy Biscuits. They are incredibly 🧈 buttery, super flakey, and so tender. They absolutely melt in your 😋 mouth. Serve them warm for brunch with clotted cream or salted butter, and your guests will flip for them! You can have so much fun with different flavour combos, too – make them really savoury or sweeten them up depending on what you add. You’ll be surprised at how easy these biscuits come together, you’ll even impress yourself!
How to Prepare Easy Biscuits
🧊 Place a stick of butter in the freezer for at least 30 minutes or overnight until super cold.
🔥 Preheat your oven to 400F (200C).
🧑🍳 Line a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and set aside.
🧂 Sift the flour into a big bowl, and then add the baking powder and salt and whisk.
🥣 In a separate bowl, add buttermilk (or make it by adding 1 cup milk to a bowl with 1 tablespoon of vinegar/lemon juice. Let it sit for a few minutes until it curdles).
🧈 Now, take your frozen butter and grate or chop it finely and add it to your flour.
🙌 Use your hands to blend it all together until you form a crumbly dough.
🥛 Next, add the buttermilk to the dough and mix/ knead until a soft dough for a minute or two.
🌀 Lightly flour the counter and roll out your dough with a rolling pin until 1-inch thick.
🥤 Now, use a glass or a cookie cutter to cut out biscuits.
⏲️ Place the biscuits onto your baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!
Nonna’s Tip 🧊
For a flakey biscuit every time, make sure your butter is absolutely ice cold. I like to grate it straight from the freezer.
Variations and Substitutions for Easy Biscuits
- Make these vegan by using a plant-based butter and a plant-based milk.
- You can experiment making these Easy Biscuits with whole wheat flour, gluten-free flour, or a mix of different flours. Keep in mind that the texture and flavor may vary.
- Have fun with flavors by adding cheese, 🌿 herbs, garlic, or other seasonings to the dry ingredients for flavored biscuits.
- You could also add in 🥓 bacon bits, raisins, or chopped nuts.
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Best Served With
- A beautiful brunch spread including poached eggs and my Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe.
- Serve these Easy Biscuits for tea with clotted cream, jam and fresh fruit.
- Serve these Easy Biscuits Southern-style for dinner with gravy, mashed potatoes and 🍗 fried chicken.
Common Questions
Yes, you certainly can make these vegan by using a plant-based butter and a plant-based milk too.
It couldn’t be easier to make buttermilk. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and let it sit for a few minutes until it curdles or forms lumps.
Yes, you can use whole wheat flour, gluten-free flour, or a mix of different flours. Keep in mind that the texture and flavor may vary.
I find that freezing the butter ensures it remains solid when mixed into the flour, which helps create flaky layers in the biscuits.
To ensure a flaky biscuit, handle the dough as little as possible. Overworking the dough will make the biscuits tough. Mix until just combined and knead lightly.
Easy Biscuits
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ tablespoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk, or unsweetened plant based milk
- ½ cup butter (1 stick) , frozen
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C). Line a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and set aside. Freeze a stick of butter for 30 minutes or overnight before starting this recipe. Butter must be really cold.
- In a big bowl, sift your flour, add your baking powder and salt and whisk.
- In a separate bowl make buttermilk if you don’t have any: Add 1 cup of any milk to a bowl with 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice and let it sit for a few minutes until it curdles or forms lumps & you have buttermilk.
- Take your frozen butter and grate or chop it finely and add it to your flour and break it all with your hands until a crumbly dough.
- Now, add your buttermilk to your bowl and mix/ knead until a soft dough for a few minutes. Lightly flour your counter and roll out your dough with a rolling pin (1 inch thickness) and use a glass or a cookie cutter to cut out biscuits.
- Place your biscuits onto your parchment paper and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Question: what does 1/1 Cup Butter mean? 2 sticks? or did you mean 1/2 c which would be 1 stick?
Hi Lisa, thank you so much for bringing this up to my attention as it was a typo, it’s 1/2 cup = 1 stick of butter making sure it’s VERY cold.
I love biscuit very much and I keep looking for recipes and I definitely will try your method. Previously, when I make biscuit, it has a bitter taste. May I know what do you think that cause the bitter taste
Please let me know how it was 🙂