Name: Easy Homemade Biscuits
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups self rising flour; 1 Tablespoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 Tablespoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 ½ sticks butter (frozen or very cold); 1 egg (lightly beaten); ¾ cup cold buttermilk (plus 2-3 tablespoons)

Most people think of biscuits as a breakfast food, and they certainly do add a special touch to breakfast. You can serve them in place of toast with your bacon and eggs, or smother them in sausage gravy like I do in my Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole.

But biscuits have tons of other uses, too. They can turn a pot of soup into a complete meal, or be part of a sweet dessert like my Skillet Apple Pie Dessert Biscuits. Or you can just enjoy a hot, flaky biscuit on its own, topped with butter or jam, as an anytime snack.

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Biscuits from a tube work fine in a pinch, but if you want the real thing –tender, golden biscuits served hot out of the oven – you have to make your own. Fortunately, this probably isn’t nearly as hard to do as you think. With my Easy Homemade Biscuits recipe, you can whip up a batch of perfect, flaky biscuits in a little over an hour, with around 20 minutes of actual work.

Yes, this is more work than just cracking open a tube. But when you pull those golden biscuits out of the oven and smell the buttery aroma and then take your first hot, floury bite, it will be totally worth it. Trust me.

How to Make Easy Homemade Biscuits

DIRECTIONS:

Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
Using a cheese grater, grate 1 ½ sticks of butter into the flour mixture. Your butter should be very cold. NOTE: If I don’t already have some in the freezer I will put it in the freezer for 30-60 minutes before I make biscuits.
Using a pastry blender cut the butter into the dry ingredients. When you are done the butter pieces should be no larger than a pea.
Stir in the egg.
Add the buttermilk. If the dough seems dry you can add a little more buttermilk, a tablespoon at a time. Stir after each addition. I usually end up adding 1 more tablespoon.
When the dough has come together cover it with a towel and place in the refrigerator for at least 20-30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place your dough on a lightly floured counter. If the dough is still sticky, sprinkle some four over the top and work in to the dough.
Using your hands, press the dough into a rectangle that is about ½ inch thick.
Fold the dough into thirds, similar to the way you would fold a piece of paper to fit in a envelope. Bring the bottom of the dough up to about the halfway point and then fold the top down over it. Press back in to ½ inch thick rectangle. Repeat at least once. The more times you do this step, the more layers you will have in your biscuits.
Flour a 2” biscuit cutter. Cut out biscuits being careful not to twist the cutter back and forth. Just go straight down and straight back up. Repeat steps 7 and 8 with remaining scraps.
Place biscuits on parchment lined baking sheet. Place the biscuits close together so the sides are touch. Brush the tops lightly with buttermilk.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the tops are golden. Serve warm and enjoy!
These Easy Homemade Biscuits make great chicken and biscuits sammies also!

Tools used for this Easy Homemade Biscuits Recipe

Biscuit Cutter & Pastry Cutter: These cutters will make the perfect size biscuit with ease.
Rolling Pin: This non stick rolling pin prevents dough from sticking to it.
Baking Sheet: These are easy clean up and are ideal for baking, roasting, toasting, and warming.
Silicone Mat: If you don’t have a super smooth surface to roll out your dough, these come in handy
Parchment Paper: Non stick parchment paper roll easily releases baked goods from the pan without using grease or oils.
Lunchboxes: Here is what I use to pack up any leftovers for lunch!

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