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Buttery Biscuits- Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe

5 from 1 vote
These buttery biscuits have golden, crunchy tops, and melt-in-your-mouth insides. Slather these homemade biscuits in butter and jam or honey.
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Prep Time:10 minutes
Course: bread, Breakfast, Side Dish
Servings: 10 BIG biscuits
Author: Caroline from Nourish Yourself

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • large baking sheet
  • drinking glass or biscuit cutter (I use a drinking glass that is 3.25" in diameter..anything similar will work!)

Ingredients

  • 4 c all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp. sea salt
  • 2 sticks salted butter (16 tbsp) COLD, cut into cubes
  • 1 1/2 c whole milk (or almond milk)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Grease your baking sheet with butter or line it with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together thoroughly.
  • Add in the cubes of COLD butter and cut in using a pastry blender, a fork, or your hands. Cut in the butter until the flour mixture resembles course crumbs.
  • Next, add in the milk, 1/4 c. at a time. Mix the milk into the flour with your fingertips or a fork as you add it in. Add milk until your arrive at a dough that is hydrated, slightly sticky, and slightly crumbly. You should be able to easily press the dough together into a ball with your hands.
  • Gently press the ball of dough out into a round that is 3/4" tall.
  • Using a drinking glass, mason jar, or circular biscuit cutter (3.25" diameter), cut out rounds of the dough and place them on the baking sheet.
  • Bake the biscuits for 9-15 minutes until lightly golden brown on the top. The baking time will depend on how large you have made your biscuits.
  • Enjoy the biscuits warm with butter, jam, or honey!

Notes

* If you wish to make shorter biscuits, press out your dough to be 1/2" tall. If you want biscuits that are smaller in diameter, use a smaller glass or biscuit cutter. 
*If you want to make smaller biscuits (either shorter in height or smaller in diameter), your baking time may be between 9-12 minutes. If you make large biscuits like I do in this recipe, plan for 12-15 minutes (or even a minute or 2 longer).