These easy homemade biscuits are the best buttery, flaky biscuits made with simple ingredients for a flavorful classic biscuit recipe. We love making these biscuits for a classic breakfast like biscuits and gravy but they are also great in desserts like strawberry shortcake.
Homemade biscuits are a classic breakfast recipe that we love to make at home. Made with simple ingredients, this recipe comes together very quickly and easily to make the best flaky, buttery biscuits. We love serving biscuits and gravy for a hearty breakfast, but also love making strawberry shortcake and other sweet treats with this classic biscuit recipe.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy Homemade Bread Recipe
- Kid-Friendly
- Great for Breakfast and Dessert
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Flour - We recommend using an unbleached all-purpose or bread flour for this recipe.
- Baking Powder - Baking powder helps leaven the biscuits.
- Salt - Salt enhances the flavors in the recipe.
- Butter - Cold cubed butter is cut into the flour which helps create flaky layers.
- Milk - Milk gives the inside of the biscuit their soft texture and adds flavor.
- Apple Cider Vinegar - A small amount of apple cider vinegar mixed with the milk adds a slight tang to the biscuits.
- Honey - Honey adds sweetness to the recipe. You can use equal parts sugar as a substitute.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Mixing Bowl - A mixing bowl is necessary to mix the dough together.
- Pastry Blender - A pastry blender helps to easily cut the cold butter into the flour.
- Rolling Pin - This is the rolling pin I use to roll the dough out before cutting into circles.
- Biscuit Cutters - These biscuit cutters make it easy to cut the biscuits into perfect circles.
- Sheet Pan - This quarter sheet pan is perfect for baking the biscuits on.
How to Make Homemade Biscuits
Step 1. Whisk the flour, salt and baking powder together.
Step 2. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture.
Step 3. Add the milk and honey to the bowl.
Step 4. Mix into a ball of dough.
Step 5. Roll the dough out then cut the dough into circles.
Step 6. Bake the biscuits.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes 8 buttery, flaky biscuits that are best served warm and can be topped with butter and honey or jam for a flavorful, classic breakfast or snack. We also love serving these biscuits with our homemade gravy for a hearty biscuits and gravy recipe. You can also use these biscuits for a dessert recipe like strawberry shortcake.
If you like this recipe, you will love our other homemade bread recipes.
Expert Tips & Variations
- Use cold butter. Cold butter is essential for biscuit dough. The cold butter in the dough melts while baking to create flaky layers.
- Chill the dough. Be sure to chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before cutting into biscuits and baking. You can also chill the dough overnight to make fresh biscuits in the morning.
- Keep the dough cold. You want the dough to stay cold to make sure the butter doesn't melt before baking. As the biscuits bake the butter melts creating air pockets which result in layers.
How to Store Biscuits
- Freezer - in an airtight container for 2-3 months.
Recipe FAQ
You can absolutely make gluten-free biscuits by following our recipe for gluten-free biscuits here.
It is important to keep biscuit dough cold to ensure the butter in the dough doesn't melt before baking it. The flaky layers in the dough are created when the butter melts in the oven. This creates a pocket of air in the dough that results in layers.
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Homemade Biscuits
These easy homemade biscuits are the best buttery, flaky biscuits made with simple ingredients for a flavorful classic biscuit recipe. We love making these biscuits for a classic breakfast like biscuits and gravy but they are also great in desserts like strawberry shortcake.
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups unbleached flour
- 2 Tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 Tablespoons cold butter, cubed
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine 1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar in a bowl.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Cut a cold stick of butter into cubes and add the cold cubed butter to the mixing bowl with the flour in it.
- Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour.
- Pour the milk mixed with apple cider vinegar and honey into the bowl.
- Use a spoon or dough hook to mix everything together until the dough sticks together to form a ball.
- Cover the bowl and place the dough in the fridge to chill for 5-10 minutes.
- After the dough chills, transfer it to a floured work surface.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into a large in-inch thick rectangle.
- Create the biscuit layers by folding the dough. Fold one side of the rectangle of dough into the center followed by the other side like a trifold. Then fold one more time to create a square of dough.
- Use your hand to gently press the dough down to slightly flatten.
- Repeat the process of rolling the dough out and folding it up a total of 3 times to create the biscuit layers.
- Roll the dough out into a rectangle that is about ½-inch thick.
- Use a biscuit cutter to cut the dough into 8 circles.
- Place the biscuits onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove the sheet pan when the tops of the biscuits are slightly golden brown.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 277Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 737mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 5g
