Easy Homemade Biscuits Recipe

Easy Homemade Biscuits Recipe

from cleverlysimple.com
22 min

Easy homemade butter biscuits that are soft, buttery and delicious made from scratch. No buttermilk needed! These flaky butter biscuits are the best you will ever make!

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 Cup salted butter (cold)
  • 3/4 Cup milk

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 425° F.

  2. 2

    Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Cut in the cold butter until resembles small peas.

  3. 3

    Slowly add 3/4 Cup of cold milk and mix with fork until dough is just slightly sticky. 

  4. 4

    Remove dough from bowl and fold over 10 times on floured surface.

  5. 5

    Flatten the dough using your hands until about 1 inch thick.  Cut biscuits using biscuit cutter.

  6. 6

    Place biscuits on un-greased dark baking pan.  Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until golden brown.