Easy Biscuits Recipe From Scratch Recipe Cards

PERFECT HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• The secret to excellent biscuits is COLD BUTTER. Really cold. Many times the biscuit dough gets worked so much that the butter softens before the biscuits even go in the oven. Try cutting the butter into small pieces and stick back in the fridge pulling out only when ready to incorporate into the dough.
• Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Use a pastry cutter to cut cold butter into flour mixture. Don't go too crazy here - you want to see small, pea-sized pieces of butter throughout the dough.
• Add in the milk and egg and mix just until the ingredients are combined. The dough will be sticky but don't keep working it. You should be able to see the butter pieces in the dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface. Sprinkle some flour on to the top of dough so it won't stick to your fingers and knead 10-15 times. If the dough is super sticky just sprinkle on some additional flour.
• Pat the dough out to 3/4 - 1 inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter or glass. I ended up with nine this time but depending on who is snacking on biscuit dough, I can get up to 12 biscuits.
• Place the biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet or parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown on top.
• For extra yumminess, brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter...

EASY BISCUITS

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.

FROM SCRATCH CHEDDAR CHEESE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Add the flour, powdered milk, cream cheese, butter, sugar, baking powder and salt to a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until the flour resembles coarse cornmeal. With the mixer running, slowly add the buttermilk and mix until a dough forms. Increase the speed to medium and mix until the dough starts to stick to the sides of the mixing bowl. Stop the mixer.
• Add the Cheddar and mix on low speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds. (You don't want to break up the cheese.)
• Place the dough on a floured rolling surface and knead it 25 times, until the dough is soft and doesn't stick to your hands or the board. Roll out the dough to 3/4-inch thickness and cut out 36 biscuits with a biscuit cutter, transferring the biscuits to the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake the biscuits, rotating the baking sheets halfway through, until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve with butter and jam.

FLUFFY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 F and place your cast iron skillet pan or baking tray in the oven.
• In a bowl, add the flour, salt and baking powder. Then add the shortening or butter. Using a pastry cutter or 2 round bladed knives, combine everything until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Add the buttermilk to the flour mix and incorporate until all wet. You may need to add a little bit of additional milk, just to make the mix workable.
• Once the mixture turns into a dough, shape and gently pat the dough so it is of an even thickness of about 1 inch thick with your hands. Then using a round cutter, cut the biscuits.
• When you have cut the biscuits out, remove the heated skillet / baking tray from the oven and spray or brush with vegetable oil. Then place the biscuits on the pan / tray and return to oven. Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Once ready, remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter and serve warm.

BASIC BISCUITS

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.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• In another bowl whisk eggs, buttermilk and cream together.
• Using a pastry cutter, 2 knives, or fingertips, add the cold butter chunks to the flour mixture until they are roughly the size of blueberries.
• Mix wet ingredients in to dry ingredients just until the mixture forms a dough, be careful not to overwork the dough.
• On a lightly floured work surface, knead dough very gently for 1 minute or until the dough is smooth.
• Cut dough in 1⁄2 and keep one 1⁄2 covered in the refrigerator while rolling and cutting.
• Roll the dough to approximately 3⁄4" to 1" thick and cut using a (dipped in flour) round biscuit cutter, heart shaped cookie cutter or glass rim.
• Gently knead scraps together and roll again.
• Biscuits should be placed on an ungreased sheet pan or baking stone with sides touching to encourage the biscuits to rise high.
• Roll and cut 2nd 1⁄2 of the dough.
• Bake at 425o for 15-18 minutes until biscuits are golden brown and cooked thoroughly.
• Transfer biscuits to a cooling rack.
• Serve warm with your favorite hot beverage.

CHEDDAR BAY BISCUITS FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Whisk dry ingredients together.
• Add melted butter and milk.
• Mix just until there is no more dry flour showing. Do not overmix, will be quite lumpy.
• Fold in shredded cheese.
• Drop spoonfuls onto baking pan covered with parchment.
• Stir Old Bay into melted butter and brush on top. Sprinkle with parsley.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 12-14 minutes.