Homemade Biscuits

Name: Homemade Biscuits
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 sticks butter; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 cups milk

15m

Serves 1

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Homemade Biscuits

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15m

Serves 1

Directions

1Put two sticks of butter in the freezer overnight or for a few hours.
2In a bowl, add 4 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of baking powder, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 2 teaspoons of sugar.
3Mix the dry ingredients together until fully incorporated.
4Pull one stick of butter out of the freezer and grate it into the dry ingredients.
5Mix the grated butter with the flour until it's coated.
6Repeat the grating and mixing process with the second stick of butter.
7Add 2 cups of milk to the mixture.
8Mix with a spoon until just incorporated, being careful not to overmix.
9Flour your counter and your hands.
10Place the sticky dough on the floured counter and sprinkle flour on top.
11Fold the dough about 5 or 6 times to create layers, adding flour if needed for sticky edges.
12Cut out the biscuits using a cutter or a cup.
13Place the cut biscuits close together on a baking tray or in a cast iron pan.
14Continue folding and cutting the remaining dough until all of it is used.
15Bake in a preheated oven at 4250F (2180C) for only 15 minutes until golden brown.

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 cups milk

Equipment

graterforkmixer (optional)spoonbiscuit cuttertraycast iron pan (optional)

Tips

Freeze butter overnight or for a few hours before starting.
Grate one stick of butter at a time and mix with flour before adding the second stick to prevent stickiness.
Do not overmix the dough.
Fold the dough 5 or 6 times to create layers.
Place biscuits close together on the tray for baking.

Homemade Biscuits

15m

Serves 1

tiktok.com

Homemade Biscuits

tiktok.com

15m

Serves 1

Directions

1Put two sticks of butter in the freezer overnight or for a few hours.
2In a bowl, add 4 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of baking powder, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 2 teaspoons of sugar.
3Mix the dry ingredients together until fully incorporated.
4Pull one stick of butter out of the freezer and grate it into the dry ingredients.
5Mix the grated butter with the flour until it's coated.
6Repeat the grating and mixing process with the second stick of butter.
7Add 2 cups of milk to the mixture.
8Mix with a spoon until just incorporated, being careful not to overmix.
9Flour your counter and your hands.
10Place the sticky dough on the floured counter and sprinkle flour on top.
11Fold the dough about 5 or 6 times to create layers, adding flour if needed for sticky edges.
12Cut out the biscuits using a cutter or a cup.
13Place the cut biscuits close together on a baking tray or in a cast iron pan.
14Continue folding and cutting the remaining dough until all of it is used.
15Bake in a preheated oven at 4250F (2180C) for only 15 minutes until golden brown.

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 cups milk

Equipment

graterforkmixer (optional)spoonbiscuit cuttertraycast iron pan (optional)

Tips

Freeze butter overnight or for a few hours before starting.
Grate one stick of butter at a time and mix with flour before adding the second stick to prevent stickiness.
Do not overmix the dough.
Fold the dough 5 or 6 times to create layers.
Place biscuits close together on the tray for baking.