Easiest Biscuit Recipe
These biscuits were the first baked bread product I mastered, and, I still make them to this day!
Servings 8 biscuits
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 Baking Sheet
- 1 pastry cutter OPTIONAL
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 stick cold butter grated
- 1 cup milk/buttermilk
Instructions
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt to a large mixing bowl.
- Grate the butter into the dry ingredients. Use a pastry cutter, your hands, or a fork to incorporate until the mixture becomes crumbly.
- Add milk/buttermilk.
- Mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Turn dough onto floured surface. Turn a few times. Roll out until 1/4-1/2 inch thick.
- Cut biscuits out with biscuit cutter or mason jar lid. This recipe makes 7-8 biscuits depending on how thick you roll them out.
- Place on prepared baking sheet. Brush with olive oil or melted butter.
- Bake in a 400 DEGREE F oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Check after 10-12 minutes. If the biscuits feel firm, they are done.
- ***If tops are not brown enough, put under broiler for just a few minutes***
Notes
Nutritional information per biscuit:
- Calories: 118 kcal
- Fat: 4.22 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.54 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.13 g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.17 g
- Protein: 2.82 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.90 g
- Fiber: 0.57 g
- Sugar: 1.05 g
- Cholesterol: 10.33 mg
- Sodium: 318.75 mg
- Potassium: 30.83 mg
- Calcium: 26.17 mg
- Iron: 0.75 mg
- Vitamin A: 39.83 IU
- Vitamin C: 0.17 mg