Best Biscuit Recipe From Scratch

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THE BEST FLAKY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS



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We tried several versions of this recipe, including one with double the amount of baking powder. And while the biscuits turned out puffy and beautiful, they ultimately were too dry. So, we tweaked the baking powder amount along with the butter and buttermilk and arrived at these beauties -flaky, golden, tender and moist, just as biscuits should be.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     side-dish

Time 35m

Yield 12 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting (see Cook's Note)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon fine salt
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup buttermilk, plus more for brushing

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Rub 2 tablespoons of the cold butter into the flour with your fingertips until completely absorbed. Work the remaining 8 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour with your fingertips until pea-size bits of butter remain. Use a rubber spatula to stir the buttermilk into the flour until the mixture comes together into a shaggy dough. (Don't overmix the dough.)
  • Lightly flour a cutting board or work surface, turn the dough out onto it and pat into a rectangle. Fold the dough in half and pat again into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle. Then fold the dough in thirds, as if folding a letter, and pat to an even thickness. Cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter and put on the prepared baking sheet. Press together the remaining scraps of dough. Pat out and fold the dough into thirds again and cut out more biscuits. Brush the biscuit tops with buttermilk.
  • Bake until the tops are lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Cool on the pan at least 5 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SOUTHERN BISCUITS



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For a taste of homemade comfort, bake Alton Brown's buttery, flaky Southern Biscuits recipe from Good Eats on Food Network.

Provided by Alton Brown

Categories     side-dish

Time 40m

Yield 1 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup buttermilk, chilled

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
  • Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
  • Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 121, Fat 4.5 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Cholesterol 6 milligrams, Sodium 331 milligrams, Carbohydrate 17 grams, Fiber 0.5 grams, Protein 3 grams, Sugar 1 grams

BEST BUTTERMILK BISCUITS



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This recipe makes fluffy, light, and tasty biscuits.

Provided by Carol Reese Hardbarger

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Biscuits

Time 55m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 ¼ cups self-rising flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup butter-flavored shortening (such as Crisco®)
1 cup buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  • Sift flour and baking soda together in a large bowl; cut in shortening with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the mixture and stir in buttermilk until a soft ball forms. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 2 to 3 minutes. Roll dough out to a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle.
  • Cut biscuits out with biscuit cutter and transfer to a baking sheet.
  • Bake in preheated oven until tops are light brown and sides begin to darken, about 10 minutes. Remove biscuits to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170 calories, Carbohydrate 18.4 g, Cholesterol 0.8 mg, Fat 9.3 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 345.3 mg, Sugar 1 g

FLUFFY BISCUITS



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If you're looking for a flaky basic biscuit, this recipe is the best. These golden brown rolls bake up tall, light and tender. They're good on their own, but taste even better served warm and spread with butter or jam. -Nancy Horsburgh, Everett, Ontario

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 30m

Yield about 8 biscuits.

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 large egg, room temperature
2/3 cup 2% milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, whisk together first 4 ingredients. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk together egg and milk. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Dough will be wet. , On a well-floured surface, knead dough gently 8-10 times. Roll to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. , Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Fat 13g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 25mg cholesterol, Sodium 407mg sodium, Carbohydrate 26g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

EASY BISCUITS



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Whip up this buttery, easy biscuit recipe to serve with breakfast or dinner. The dough is very simple to work with, so there's no need to roll with a rolling pin; just pat to the right thickness. — Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 25m

Yield 15 biscuits.

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cold butter, cubed
2/3 cup 2% milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 153 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 437mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

BASIC BISCUITS



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This is a basic biscuit recipe with baking powder used as the leavening. They're easy to make and go with almost any meal.

Provided by lenihan5

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Biscuits

Time 25m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
¾ cup milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  • In a large mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Pour milk into flour mixture while stirring with a fork. Mix in milk until dough is soft, moist and pulls away from the side of the bowl.
  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and toss with flour until no longer sticky. Roll dough out into a 1/2 inch thick sheet and cut with a floured biscuit or cookie cutter. Press together unused dough and repeat rolling and cutting procedure.
  • Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 191.3 calories, Carbohydrate 20.2 g, Cholesterol 1.5 mg, Fat 10.9 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 225 mg, Sugar 0.9 g

CHEF JOHN'S BUTTERMILK BISCUITS



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This deceptively simple recipe can come out a million different ways with some very minor variations on the ingredients and amounts. This one's my favorite - flaky, but not dry; chewy, but not tough; crisp in just the right spots.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Biscuits

Time 35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled in freezer and cut into thin slices
¾ cup cold buttermilk
2 tablespoons buttermilk for brushing

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  • Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl.
  • Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, about 5 minutes.
  • Make a well in the center of butter and flour mixture. Pour in 3/4 cup buttermilk; stir until just combined.
  • Turn dough onto a floured work surface, pat together into a rectangle.
  • Fold the rectangle in thirds. Turn dough a half turn, gather any crumbs, and flatten back into a rectangle. Repeat twice more, folding and pressing dough a total of three times.
  • Roll dough on a floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Cut out 12 biscuits using a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter.
  • Transfer biscuits to the prepared baking sheet. Press an indent into the top of each biscuit with your thumb.
  • Brush the tops of biscuits with 2 tablespoons buttermilk.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 142.8 calories, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 18.5 mg, Fat 7.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 321.3 mg, Sugar 0.9 g

ALL-PURPOSE BISCUITS



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Biscuits are what take us into the kitchen today to cook: fat, flaky mounds of quick bread, golden brown, with a significant crumb. Composed of flour, baking powder, fat and a liquid, then baked in a hot oven, they are an excellent sop for sorghum syrup, molasses or honey. They are marvelous layered with country ham or smothered in white sausage gravy, with eggs, with grits. Biscuits are easy to make. (A food processor makes easy work of this recipe. If you're looking to buy one, check out this guide from our colleagues at The Sweethome.)

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     breakfast, quick, weekday, breads, side dish

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 scant tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, preferably European style
1 cup whole milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Transfer to a food processor. Cut butter into pats and add to flour, then pulse 5 or 6 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a fork or a pastry cutter.) Return dough to bowl, add milk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball.
  • Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and pat it down into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently pat it down again. Repeat. Cover the dough loosely with a kitchen towel and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.
  • Gently pat out the dough some more, so that the rectangle is roughly 10 inches by 6 inches. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this crimps the edges of the biscuit and impedes its rise.
  • Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 204, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 8 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 287 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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