Best Homemade Biscuits Recipes

TENDER HOMEMADE SOUR CREAM BISCUITS (NO-FAIL RECIPE)

Steps:

• 1. In medium-sized bowl, whisk first 4 ingredients til well mixed.
• 2. Add sour cream in spoonfuls on top, add oil and mix til all is just moistened with a spoon. Switch to using your hands turning the dough to get all the last of the dry stuff on the bottom of the bowl. Knead 8 times on floured surface.
• 3. Roll thick to only about an 8" circle. Just a few passes with your (floured) rolling pin. Cut out 6 biscuits with a biscuit cutter or a floured glass. Get 2 more out of the last of the dough. (Bunch it back together, knead it just a bit, pat or roll it and cut.) Pitch any last little tidbit if any left. I place mine on my old round metal pizza pan covered with foil and sprayed with butter-flavored Pam. But a cookie sheet will work just fine.
• 4. Place little pats of butter on top, or spread it a little if the butter is VERY soft and doesn't deflate the biscuits while doing so. Bake in hot, preheated 425 oven for 12-15 minutes (ovens vary) or til golden brown on top. Remove from oven and butter tops again with other half of butter. Serve warm with more butter and homemade jam or honey. Makes 8 tall sour cream biscuits.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat (French nonstick baking mat) or parchment paper; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
• Transfer about 2 1/2 cups flour mixture to a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add butter, and pulse until the largest pieces are the size of peas. Return butter mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture. Use your fingers to combine.
• Add buttermilk, and stir just until mixture comes together; the batter will be sticky. Transfer to lightly floured work surface; use floured fingers to pat dough to 1-inch thickness. Use a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter or cookie cutter to cut biscuits as close together as possible to minimize scraps. Gather scraps together once, pat together and flatten, and cut out.
• Transfer biscuits to prepared baking sheet; bake until lightly browned, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

HOMEMADE BISCUITS & MAPLE SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and, if desired, pepper. Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times., Pat or roll dough to 1-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 15-17 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking into crumbles. Stir in flour until blended; gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until sauce is thickened, 4-6 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Serve with warm biscuits.

LOW-FAT HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add yogurt and honey. With a fork, "cut in" the yogurt and honey to the dry ingredients (like you would with buttter), and combine until crumbly.
• Add milk and stir until the dough forms a ball.
• Pat or roll the dough out to 1/2-1 inch thick (depending on how big you want your biscuits).
• With a floured glass or circular cutter, cut dough into circles.
• Place biscuits on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
• Enjoy with honey, butter, gravy, cheese or plain!
• *** Another version of this biscuit (we call it "The Breakfast Version")***.
• Add 1/2-3/4 cup of raisins
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
• Serve with applesauce.

EASY QUICK HOMEMADE BREAD AND BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat milk, sugar, salt, and butter substitute in small saucepan until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl.
• Add milk mixture and slowly add flour.
• Mix for 1-2 minutes on speed 2.
• Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover and let rise next to warm oven for 10 minutes.
• Put dough in greased loaf pan and leftover dough in greased muffin pans.
• Let both pans rise in oven (170 degrees) for 10 minutes.
• Bake at 425 degrees (12 minutes for biscuits and 25-30 minutes for bread).

GRANDMA'S HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Grease a cast iron pan with butter.
• Pour flour into a large mixing bowl. Cut cold butter into flour using a pastry blender until crumbly. Add buttermilk and mix well.
• Pat out mixture on a floured surface. Cut out biscuits using a floured cutter. Place into the prepared pan with sides touching.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes.

HOMEMADE SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cut the sweet potatoes into 1 1/2-inch slices. Place the potato slices in a medium saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until potatoes are tender. Drain and mash well.
• In the detached bowl of an electric mixer, whisk yeast, 1/4 cup warm water (105 degrees), and a pinch of sugar. Set the mixture aside until foamy, about 6 minutes. Attach bowl to mixer fitted with the dough-hook attachment. On low speed, add mashed potatoes, milk, 1/2 cup melted butter, eggs, sugar, and salt. Slowly add flour to make a slightly sticky dough. Knead until smooth, about 2 minutes. Brush inside of a mixing bowl with butter. Place dough in bowl; cover with buttered plastic wrap. Set aside to rise until doubled in size, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Line 3 large baking sheets with parchment. Using a floured rolling pin on a floured work surface, roll dough out to 3/4 inch thickness. Cut rounds of dough as close together as possible with a 2 1/4-inch round cookie cutter. Scraps can be re-rolled once. Place rounds 1 to 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Brush the tops with the remaining butter; cover with plastic wrap. Set aside to rise until light and they do not spring back when pressed with a finger, about 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake until biscuits are golden brown, about 14 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for about 5 minutes before serving.

BEST HOMEMADE BISCUITS EVER (OLD, OLD RECIPE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• 2. Combine first 5 ingredients, sift together and place in a medium bowl.
• 3. Add: Butter flavor shortning to flour mixture, mix with pastry blender to a corase crumb consistancy. Add in the 2/3 cup of whole buttermuilk. Use pastry blender to combine it all together. Dough will be soft and easy to work with.
• 4. Turn out onto a slightly floured cutting board and knead a few times, don't make it stiff. Pat out with hands to a 1/2"-1" thick.
• 5. Cut out biscuits out with regular size biscuit cutter. Place in a large black iron skillet lightly greased with yellow flavor shortning. drizzle melted butter acroas top with pastry brush.
• 6. Bake in 450 degree preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. ** Serve with scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, and Blackberry Jam.

HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Divide 1/2 cup butter into 12 to 16 small chunks.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Mix in butter chunks using a pastry blender. Make a well in the middle of the mixture; pour in buttermilk. Mix until dough comes together.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until just formed together. Cut discs out of dough using a cookie cutter or a cup. Butter both sides of cut biscuit dough with 1/2 of the melted butter. Place biscuits onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush with remaining melted butter while hot. Serve.

MOM'S SOUTHERN HOMEMADE SIMPLE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mix all ingredients well. If dough seems dry, add a little bit extra milk until mixes well.
• Place dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet in biscuit shapes. My mother didn't even shape them; she would just put globs of dough down and they would be irregular shapes.
• Lightly dust flour on the top of the biscuits.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Whisk dry ingredients together in a bowl.
• 2. Cut crisco into the floor mixture with a pastry blender or fork until it resembles course crumbs.
• 3. Make a well in the middle of your flour/fat mixture and pour your buttermilk in. Stir until combined and pulls together in middle of bowl.
• 4. If too sticky, add little flour. If too dry, add a little more buttermilk. Flour hands well and transfer dough onto a floured board.
• 5. This is the MOST important step. The least you mess with the dough the better. Flour hands well and turn the dough over on itself about three times, flattening out a little each time. The last time press out into a rectangle about 1/2 thick.
• 6. Using a floured glass size of your choice, cut out biscuits and place close together in a greased iron skillet, filling the pan. Lightly brush buttermilk across the tops
• 7. Bake in a preheated oven of 425 degrees until lightly browned on top! Enjoy your fresh hot biscuits with butter and some local honey or slip a sausage patty in it for meaty breakfast....

HOMEMADE SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• In 1- or 2-cup glass measuring cup, stir together yeast and warm water. Let stand 5 minutes.
• In large bowl, stir together sweet potatoes and butter. Stir in sugar and salt. Add yeast mixture; stir until smooth. Mix flour and baking powder; gradually stir into potato mixture until well blended. Lightly knead until dough holds together. Shape dough into a ball.
• Grease large bowl with shortening or cooking spray. Place dough in bowl, turning to grease all sides. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and cloth towel. Let rise in warm place (80°F to 85°F) 2 hours 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Gently push fist into dough to deflate. Grease cookie sheets with shortening or cooking spray. On floured surface, roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch biscuit cutter. On cookie sheets, place biscuits 2 inches apart. Cover; let rise in warm place 2 hours or until doubled in size.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Uncover biscuits. Bake 12 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.

HOMEMADE DOG BISCUITS (MARTHA STEWART)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F . Whisk together flour, wheat germ, yeast, and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
• In large bowl add oil. In three alternating batches, incorporate stock and flour mixture, beginning and ending with stock. Mix well.
• Lightly flour a surface and roll out dough to about 3/8-inch thick. Shape biscuits using a bone-shaped cookie cutter appropriate for your dog's size.
• You may optionally spell out your dog's name in the dough with a wet toothpick.
• Place biscuits on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 10 minutes. Brush with stock; rotate baking sheets and bake 10 minutes more. Turn off oven. Allow dog biscuits stand in oven to dry completely, about 1 ½ hours.
• Store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.

LISA'S HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 500 F. Coat baking sheet with Crisco shortening. Measure flour into a large bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender and put shortening in flour. Put milk in flour mixuture and mix with your fingertips until well blended. Turn dough onto lightly floured on a waxpaper. Knead gently 2 or 3 times. Twist between your finger and thumb and roll like a ball and place on prepared baking sheet and flatten with your three fingers. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

RACHEL'S FAMOUS HOMEMADE BISCUITS AND STICKIES

Steps:

• Place the flour and shortening in a large bowl.
• Using a pastry cutter, a fork, or your fingers, mix the flour and shortening into pea-sized morsels.
• Add the milk to the flour and shortening mixture and combine, using a fork. Mix a minimum number of strokes, or for for about 15 seconds.
• Place the dough onto a hard surface sprinkled liberally with flour.
• Using floured hands, knead the dough a few times. Do not over-knead.
• Sprinkle the dough with flour and, using a rolling pin, roll it out to the desired thickness, thin for crispy biscuits and thick for more doughy biscuits.
• Use a cookie cutter cut out the biscuits and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Leave a 1 1/2" margin near the edges of the pan on which to place the stickies. Keep the cookie cutter well-coated with flour to prevent sticking.
• To make stickies, ball up remaining dough left from biscuit cutting. Sprinkle with flour and roll into a very thin layer.
• Turn the dough over, flour it again, and roll it again. The resulting dough will be flatter and wider than the biscuit dough, about 13-15 inches in diameter.
• Place triangles of butter or margarine 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart on the dough.
• Sprinkle dough with sugar. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top of the sugar.
• Roll up the dough jelly roll style and cut it into 3/4 inch slices.
• Place the stickies in the empty space around the edges of the cookie sheet.
• Bake at 450°F for 12 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.

HOMEMADE BUTTERY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Mix first 5 ingredients with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the size of small peas.
• Stir in the buttermilk.
• Knead for a couple of minutes on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll or pat out dough for biscuits.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk just until moistened. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 5-7 times. Pat or roll out to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. , Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, gather the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and baking soda into your large mixing bowl and whisk together until fully incorporated. Now cut your butter into small cubes with your bench knife or straight edge knife and place into the bowl. Using your pastry cutter, cut the butter into the dry mixture in a downward twisting motion until you reach a sandy texture. At this point, your dry mix should feel like beach sand, but if there are some slightly larger pieces of butter remaining this is okay. Those pieces will create the flaky effect when the biscuits begin to cook. Now, create a well in the center of your bowl of dry ingredients. Pour the buttermilk into the center of the bowl. Using your hands (this will feel funny and get messy), incorporate all the ingredients until the dough begins to come together and become one.
• Now put a small amount of flour on a flat surface and continue to bring the dough together, making sure not to knead the dough or overwork it. Use some of that extra flour to bring it all together and get the dough off your fingers too. Now spread out and flatten the dough so it's about the height of your flattened hand. Using your biscuit cutter (dip it in some flour to keep any dough from sticking to it), cut out 24 biscuits, reworking the dough if need be. Place a piece of parchment paper on your cookie sheet and line up the cut biscuits, 4 by 6. Place the biscuits into the oven and cook until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove the biscuits and let cool for about 5 minutes before handling. These biscuits are great for breakfast with eggs and bacon, or alone as a snack.

SOUTHERN HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 2. Cut in the shortening, add the buttermilk, and mix well.
• 3. Turn out on a floured board.
• 4. Roll out and cut.
• 5. Bake at 450F until browned.

BEST EVER HOMEMADE DOG BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Mix together all dry ingredients in a medium size bowl.
• Mix together all wet ingredeints in a small bowl.
• Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Batter should feel like biscuit dough.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 4-6 times. Roll out to 1/2" thick.
• Cut into biscuit shapes, or your favorite dog shapes.
• Bake at 325F for 2 hours. Allow to cool in the oven so they harden (can allow to stay in oven overnight).
• Store in an airtight container.
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