Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe
This is my mom’s easy homemade biscuit recipe. These biscuits are moist on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside. In other words, the perfect biscuit ever. I was hoping to have a video made making these, but I had to settle with pictures.
That’s actually okay because I’m a visual person anyway. So let’s pretend you are in my kitchen and we are making these fabulous biscuits together. You will never buy those biscuits in a can again, I promise. Maybe you never did, I’m just thinking out loud.
Kitchen Tools Needed
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Cookie sheet
- Parchment paper
- Plastic wrap
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Rolling pin
- Biscuit cutter
Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe
Oh, how I wish I could have you put your hands around this dough, and then helped roll it out. You could grab your biscuit cutters or those metal cups we grew up on and you would have the best biscuits ever, ready to bake!
One awesome thing you may want to know about this biscuit dough is it will keep for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. You just roll out the dough and cut the biscuits you would like to bake, as needed.
Step 1
Grab a bowl, add the yeast, sugar, baking soda, buttermilk, warm water, and butter. Thoroughly mix together.
Step 2
Add the flour to the mixture above, one cup at a time while using a whisk to stir the mixture. When it starts getting thick I use my hands to knead it, ever so slightly. Oh, how I love the feel of homemade dough in my hands.
Step 3
Then continue mixing the biscuit dough with your hands. Sprinkle the countertop with flour and roll out the dough.
Step 5
I like to roll the dough out to at least 1/2 inch thickness.
Step 6
Place the cut biscuits on parchment paper or a greased cookie sheet. Brush with melted butter (optional) and cover with greased plastic wrap. Let the biscuits rise a minimum of 20-30 minutes.
Step 5
Remove the plastic wrap and bake the biscuits at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately with melted butter and jam.
Finished Product
My mother made these biscuits all the time. One of my favorite desserts was a biscuit cut in half, topped with sliced strawberries, and whipping cream.
What Can I Serve Biscuits With?
- Creamed chip beef (printable recipe below)
- Creamed tuna
- Butter and jam
- Butter and honey
- Strawberry shortcake
- Eggs and bacon
- Chili
- Soup
- Sausage gravy
- Beef stew
Biscuit Recipe
- 4 tsp. instant SAF yeast
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1/2 cup of warm water
- 1 cup shortening or softened butter (I use butter)
- 5 cups white bread flour
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, except the flour. Then slowly add the flour one
cup at a time, and mix thoroughly. Place the covered bowl in the refrigerator. The dough
will keep about 5 days in the refrigerator. Roll out the dough when ready to make the
desired amount of biscuits. Brush them with melted butter and let rise 20-30 minutes.
Bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Enjoy
Creamed Chip Beef
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 gallon milk
- 2 4.5- ounce jars of dried beef (rinse and cut into bite-size pieces)
- pepper to taste
- sugar optional to taste
Grab a large saucepan and melt the butter, stirring constantly. Add the flour and blend until smooth. This is called a Roux. Add the milk slowly and stir constantly until the mixture starts to thicken. Add more milk if it’s too thick. Add the beef and pepper and sugar if desired. Stir until thoroughly combined. Serve over biscuits or toast.
Final Word
It’s crazy, but I believe if we can teach the world to make biscuits by using this easy homemade biscuit recipe they will not starve. Of course, we need other foods to go with it, but these will fill the belly.
If you are nervous about making bread, try making biscuits. These are easy to make and so fluffy they will melt in your mouth. Thanks for prepping, keep up the good work. May God bless this world, Linda
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shortening/butter
- 3/4-1 cup milk or buttermilk
Place dry ingredients with the shortening or butter in a food processor. Pulse until crumbly. Add milk or buttermilk gradually until ball forms. Roll onto a floured surface and cut into biscuit shapes. Freeze on cookie sheet for one hour. Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes.
PLEASE NOTE ON FREEZING:
I freeze these for an hour in a single layer then toss them in bulk freezer bags. Then you can pull out as many as you want at a time. Yes, you can bake from fresh or frozen with those directions. May take a minute or two longer from frozen or brown to suit you.
I like this recipe! Thank you for sharing. Only change for me would be part whole wheat flour.
Hi Janet, oh my gosh, thank you!! I have made it with all whole wheat as well. Life is so good! Linda
Hi Linda!
Can regular milk be substituted for the buttermilk in this recipe?
Thanks
Laura
Hi Laura, it’s worth a try but remember buttermilk is a tad thicker. You can also make buttermilk with milk. You take 1-cup milk and add a tablespoon of vinegar. You now have buttermilk. There is something about the buttermilk, Linda
Do you use cold butter or room temp?
Hi Karen, thank you for asking. I just added it to the recipe. The original recipe called for shortening, so I used softened butter instead. Thanks again, Linda