Posted Oct 31, 2022, Updated Feb 15, 2024 This is the best homemade biscuit recipe! These biscuits are fluffy, buttery and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. They’re easy to make with only 7 simple ingredients (no shortening or self-rising flour) and are certain to become an instant favorite (also try these cheese biscuits). Enjoy these easy biscuits for breakfast spread with homemade jam, or serve them as a side dish at dinnertime or during the holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc).
Homemade Biscuit Recipe: Ingredients & Substitutions
All-purpose flour. I suggest all-purpose flour or bread flour to make this biscuit recipe. You can replace the flour and baking powder with self-rising flour, if desired. Granulated sugar. honey is a good substitute for granulated sugar. Salted butter. Unsalted butter can be used in place of salted. Or you can substitute up to 2 tablespoons of butter with shortening. Whole Milk. half and half can be used in place of whole milk. Full-fat sour cream. full-fat Greek yogurt is an acceptable substitute for sour cream.
How to Make Biscuits
We’ll walk through how to make biscuits step-by-step, and don’t forget to watch the video. Begin by combining the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a large bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs (you can do this with your hands, a fork, a pastry cutter or by pulsing it in a blender or food processor). Then, add the milk and sour cream and stir until the mixture forms a dough ball. Next, transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and form a rectangle with your hands about ½” thick. Then, fold the dough it into thirds (see video) and then roll it out gently with a rolling pin until the dough is about 1” thick. Once the dough is 1″ thick, the dough with a biscuit cutter (round or square). Evenly spread the biscuits on a prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes or until very lightly browned.
Serve
Serve the biscuits warm with a slather of butter, jam, etc. If enjoying them for breakfast, I suggest enjoying them alongside this frittata recipe, egg bake, or the best quiche recipe. Our favorite main dishes to serve with these biscuits are this slow cooker pot roast (my go-to Christmas dinner), oven roast turkey (Thanksgiving), baked chicken breasts the best easy chili, chicken chili, and any/all of our soup recipes.
Store/Freeze
Store leftover biscuits in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days, in the refrigerator for 5 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months. If you make and love our recipes, it would mean so much to me if you would leave a comment and rating! And don’t forget to follow along with us on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Youtube – be sure to tag @joyfoodsunshine and use the hashtag #joyfoodsunshine so we can see your creations!
