Description
Classic Southern homemade biscuits deliver flaky, buttery perfection with minimal ingredients. Warm, golden layers pair beautifully with honey or jam for a comforting breakfast treat you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (480 ml, 16 fl oz) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- ¾ cup (180 ml, 6 fl oz) cold milk (or buttermilk for extra flavor)
- 1 tbsp (15 ml, ½ fl oz) baking powder
- 1 tbsp (15 ml, ½ fl oz) sugar
- ½ tsp (2.5 ml, 1/12 fl oz) salt
Instructions
- Workspace Preparation: Assemble mixing bowl, pastry cutter, rolling pin, and baking sheet for seamless biscuit creation.
- Thermal Configuration: Preheat oven to 450F (232C), establishing an ideal baking environment for golden, flaky biscuits.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in mixing bowl, ensuring uniform ingredient distribution.
- Butter Preparation: Extract chilled butter from refrigerator and dice into small, consistent pieces for optimal integration.
- Textural Development: Blend butter into flour mixture using pastry cutter or fingertips, transforming ingredients into a coarse, sandy consistency with minute butter fragments.
- Liquid Incorporation: Form a central well in the mixture, gently introducing milk while minimizing stirring to preserve dough’s tender quality.
- Dough Manipulation: Transfer mixture onto floured surface, employing delicate folding techniques to cultivate layered texture without excessive handling.
- Shaping Protocol: Roll dough to one-inch thickness, ensuring uniform depth for consistent baking performance.
- Precise Cutting: Implement biscuit cutter or glass rim, pressing vertically to maintain dough structural integrity and create clean circular shapes.
- Baking Configuration: Arrange biscuits adjacently on baking sheet, allowing minimal contact between edges to maximize rising potential.
- Thermal Transformation: Bake for 10-12 minutes until surfaces achieve a rich, golden-brown complexion.
- Finishing Touch: Optionally brush warm biscuits with melted butter to enhance flavor and aesthetic appeal.
Notes
- Chill Butter Strategically: Keep butter extremely cold and work quickly to maintain small, visible butter pieces that create signature flaky layers during baking.
- Handle Dough Gently: Minimize mixing and kneading to prevent tough, dense biscuits; treat dough with light, delicate touches to preserve tender texture.
- Check Oven Accuracy: Use an oven thermometer to verify exact temperature, as slight variations can dramatically impact biscuit rise and golden-brown coloration.
- Customize Flour Options: Experiment with alternative flours like whole wheat or gluten-free blends to accommodate dietary restrictions while maintaining similar texture and taste.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg