Homemade Biscuits Made From Scratch

Biscuits aren’t just a breakfast recipe either. Serve them with meals like chicken stew or sausage or bacon gravy. Buttery biscuits are perfect for dipping and sopping up rich sauces of all kinds.

How to Make Biscuits

Homemade biscuits are a quick bread just like a banana bread or pumpkin bread, which means no waiting around for hours for the dough to rise. Leavening is accomplished with both baking soda and baking powder for a light and fluffy lift.

TIP: You need to cut in the butter or shortening before adding the liquid, and it should be cold. The little pockets of butter create lift and fluffiness.

Use a pastry cutter if you have one or a sturdy fork. You could also pulse a few times in your food processor with the dough blade. You don’t want to incorporate the butter completely, it should be about the size of peas.

To Make Biscuits:

Cut butter into dry ingredients (per recipe below).
Mix in the milk and gently knead just a couple of times.
Roll out and cut into rounds.
Bake and serve warm with butter.

Don’t overdo the kneading. Unlike yeast bread, you don’t want to overdevelop the gluten in the flour. The best biscuits are so tender they practically melt in your mouth, and the way to achieve that effect is to not overwork the dough.

Variations

Biscuits will allow you to unleash your creativity in all kinds of fun ways. Add cheese, herbs or other seasonings to amp up the flavor. The next time seafood in on your menu, how about adding some shredded cheddar and Old Bay seasoning to the mix for yummy biscuits just like Red Lobster?

How to Store Leftovers

Homemade biscuits are easy to store. Depending on how long you want to keep them you can leave them on the counter, in the fridge, or store in the freezer!

Room Temperature: They’ll keep a few days at room temperature covered in plastic.
Fridge: Store in a baggie in the fridge for up to a week.
Freezer: Leftovers will keep in the freezer for more than 4 months. Store in freezer bags to prevent freezer burn, and so you can easily remove one or two as needed.

How to Reheat Homemade Biscuits

Homemade biscuits taste best served warm. They can go straight from freezer to oven or microwave without thawing first.

Place on a cookie sheet in the toaster oven set at 350°F for 5 -10 minutes.
Float a piece of foil on the top to prevent over-browning or burning.

Now bring on the butter and jelly and let’s eat some biscuits!

Easy Biscuit Recipes!

Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits – light & flaky
Garlic Cheddar Biscuits – explosion of cheese!
Garlic Parmesan Biscuits – ready in 15 mins!
Cheddar Bay Biscuits – just like Red Lobster
Biscuits and Gravy – 3 ingredient gravy!