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    Home » Bread Recipes

    Fluffy Homemade Biscuits

    Published: Oct 17, 2022 Last updated: Oct 16, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    These fluffy homemade biscuits are the best biscuit recipe and delicious served warm with butter and honey or use to make a breakfast sandwich.
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    These Homemade Biscuits are an easy biscuit recipe that makes the most fluffy biscuits with buttery flavor. They are soft and tender on the inside, while brown and crisp on the outside. Perfect for weekend brunch!

    Fluffy Homemade Biscuit on a black plate with bacon slices and a plate of biscuits in the background.

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    Fluffy biscuits with flaky layers: these are tall fluffy biscuits and you can split them in half using a fork!

    Made with simple ingredients: Everything in this recipe is made with basic ingredients you probably already have on hand.

    Delicious comfort food: There is nothing more comforting than a warm biscuit with melted butter and a drizzle of honey!

    Ingredients for biscuit recipe.
    Just 6 simple ingredients make this fluffy homemade biscuit!
    A large bowl with the flour mixture in it.
    Use a hand whisk to mix the dry ingredients together.
    Cold cubes of butter.
    Cut the butter about 30 minutes ahead of time and store it in the fridge to keep it cold until ready to use.
    Cold cubes of butter on top of flour mixture.
    Once the butter is added, work quickly with the pastry cutter. Try not to use your hands to work the butter in as it will warm the butter up.

    🥘 Ingredients

    All purpose flour: contributes to the structure of the dough. Does not need to be sifted, but mix well with a spoon to fluff it up before measuring.

    Salt: to enhance flavor

    Baking powder: the leavening agent that aids in the rise of the biscuit without yeast.

    Buttermilk: the acidity of the buttermilk works with the baking powder to produce the fluffiest, flakiest biscuits.

    Unsalted butter: be sure to use cold butter

    Sugar: adds a slight sweetness to the biscuits.

    Cutting butter into the flour mixture.
    Use a pastry cutter to work the butter into the flour mixture.
    Flour mixture with butter worked into it.
    Work the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter until you get crumbles, it is ok if you see pieces of butter, this is the secret to the crispy bits!
    Shaggy dough in the mixing bowl.
    Stir the buttermilk into the flour mixture until it starts to look shaggy and comes together.
    Shaggy biscuit dough on a floured surfact
    Transfer the shaggy dough onto a lightly floured surface.

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Prepare the butter by cutting into small cubes, then placing in the freezer to keep cold until ready to add to the dry ingredients.
    2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
    3. Using a pastry cutter, work the pieces of butter in the flour mixture until you have coarse crumbs.
    4. Stir in the buttermilk using a fork, until the dough begins to look shaggy and starts to come together.
    5. Place dough to a lightly floured surface and knead 3-4 times to bring the dough together.
    6. Flatten dough out into a circle about 2 inches thick, then cut into quarters. Stack each quarter on top of each other and flatten the dough out again. Cut into quarters and stack. Repeating this process 3 times.
    7. After the last stacking, flatten the dough to no less than 2 inches thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter or cut into a thick rectangle. Dip the biscuit cutter in a little flour between cuts to prevent sticking (if needed).
    8. Place biscuits close together (they should just barely be touching) on baking pan and bake in preheated oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, until biscuits are golden brown.
    9. If desired, brush tops of the biscuits with a little melted butter while still hot.
    Dough flattened into a thick circle
    Flatten the circle until about 2 inches thick.
    A round of biscuit dough cut into quarters.
    Once the dough has come together, flatten into a circle and cut into quarters.
    Cut and stacked biscuit dough.
    Stack the quartered circle and then press down into another circle, cut and stack a total of 4 times.
    Unbaked biscuit on a baking sheet.
    Place biscuits on a baking sheet close together (just barely touching).

    🥄 Equipment

    Large mixing bowl: Choose a bowl that is wide as you will need room to work butter in with the pastry blender.

    Stoneware baking pan: I like how the heat holds evenly on the pan cooking the biscuits to a golden brown. This recipe makes more biscuits than will fit in a cast iron skillet.

    Pastry cutter: I highly recommend this over using your hands. The heat from your hands will soften the butter and you need that butter cold as possible.

    Round biscuit cutter: this is a matter of preference. You can also cut the biscuits into squares if desired.

    🥫Storage

    These flaky biscuits can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer unbaked. Just place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet and freeze until solid. Then transfer frozen biscuits to a freezer bag and seal. To bake, preheat oven to 450 and place frozen biscuit on baking sheet. You will need to bake these a little longer (about 5 minutes) from the frozen state.

    Store baked biscuits in an airtight container on the counter up to 4 days or in the freezer up to 3 months.

    Baked fluffy homemade biscuit cut in half and topped with butter.

    📖 Variations

    • Stir a cup of shredded cheddar cheese in with the biscuit crumbs before adding the buttermilk.
    • Whisk together 1-¼ cup sour cream and ¼ cup milk to substitute for the buttermilk.

    💭 Tips

    • Cold butter is key. Cut butter in small pieces and place the cubed butter in the freezer until ready to blend it into the dry ingredients. Some like to use a cheese grater to shred the butter, and that is fine, but if you do, be sure to put the butter back in the fridge or freezer to keep it cold until ready to add to the flour mixture.
    • Measure out the buttermilk and keep it refrigerated until needed.
    • Don't overwork the biscuit dough. Use your hands to gently bring the dough together and then pat the dough down with your hands rather than using a rolling pin. If you must use a rolling pin, do so very gently, barely pushing down as you roll over the dough.
    Drizzling honey on a warm biscuit.

    📚 Related Recipes

    These Low Carb Biscuits with Zucchini and Cheese are a great meal starter similar to the biscuits you get at Red Lobster, but with zucchini!

    These Fluffy Waffles make a delicious addition to weekend brunch.

    Air Fryer Biscuits, you heard it right! This combination of ingredients is perfect for air frying.

    Turkey Pot Pie with Cheddar Garlic Biscuits is pure comfort food.

    🍽 Serve with...

    • Serve warm biscuits with butter, honey, jam, or molasses
    • Top sausage gravy
    • Top sweetened fruit (strawberries, blackberries, or blueberries)
    • Use the biscuits to make breakfast sandwiches. My family likes to use bacon, sausage, egg, and cheese for a hearty breakfast.

    🏫 The last word

    These buttery biscuits are the result of attempting to make homemade biscuits over the last several years and not being happy with my results. I took certain things I liked from several recipes I have made and combined those methods to come up with the result I got here, which is a buttery biscuit that is tall, fluffy inside with an exterior that is golden with crispy bits!

    Fluffy Homemade Biscuits cut in half and topped with butter and honey.
    Serve warm fluffy homemade biscuits with butter and honey with a side of crispy bacon!

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    When you make this recipe, please comment below and let me know what you think. I'd love it if you tag me on Instagram @grumpyshoneybunch or #grumpyshoneybunch so I can see your photos!

    If you love this recipe, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating

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    Fluffy Homemade Biscuits

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    These fluffy homemade biscuits are the best biscuit recipe and delicious served warm with butter and honey or use to make a breakfast sandwich.
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 18
    Calories 213 kcal

    Equipment

    • Large bowl
    • Pastry cutter
    • Biscuit cutter
    • Stoneware baking pan

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 cups all purpose flour
    • ¼ cup baking powder
    • ⅛ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup unsalted butter , diced and refrigerated until cold
    • 1¾ cups buttermilk , cold

    Instructions
     

    • Prepare the butter by cutting into small cubes, then placing in the freezer to keep cold until ready to add to the dry ingredients.
    • In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.Using a pastry cutter, work the pieces of butter in the flour mixture until you have coarse crumbs.
    • Stir in the buttermilk using a fork, until the dough begins to look shaggy and starts to come together.
    • Place dough to a lightly floured surface and knead 3-4 times to bring the dough together.
    • Flatten dough out into a circle about 2 inches thick, then cut into quarters. Stack each quarter on top of each other and flatten the dough out again. Cut into quarters and stack. Repeating this process a total of 4 times.
    • After the last stacking, flatten the dough to no less than 2 inches thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter or cut into a thick rectangle. Dip the biscuit cutter in a little flour between cuts to prevent sticking (if needed).
    • Place biscuits close together (they should just barely be touching) on baking pan and bake in preheated oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, until biscuits are golden brown.
    • If desired, brush tops of the biscuits with a little melted butter while still hot.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 504mgPotassium: 65mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 354IUCalcium: 227mgIron: 2mgNet Carbohydrates: 24g
    Keyword Biscuit Recipe, Fluffy Homemade Biscuits
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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