Easy Homemade Biscuits
Easy Homemade Biscuits are quick to make with just 6 ingredients, resulting in super soft, delicious biscuits.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- pastry blender
- Biscuit Cutter
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 tablespoon baking powder (aluminum free)
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 0.75 teaspoon fine sea salt
Wet Ingredients
- 0.5 cup unsalted butter cold (8 tablespoon = ½ cup)
- 1 cup half and half minus 2 Tbsp
- 0.5 tablespoon melted butter to brush the baked biscuits
Instructions
Make the Biscuit Dough
- Dice butter into ½" cubes and refrigerate until needed.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Whisk thoroughly.
- Add diced cold butter and cut it into the flour using a pastry blender, until the largest butter pieces are pea-sized.
- Add 1 cup minus 2 tablespoon of Half and Half all at once and stir until mixture comes together and is mostly moistened. Do not over-mix.
Fold Dough and Cut Biscuits
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface. If dough is very sticky, lightly sprinkle the top with flour.
- Pat dough into a rectangle then fold it in half and pat into another rectangle. Fold a second time and pat into a 5"x10" rectangle or ¾" thickness.
- Dip a 2 ½" round biscuit cutter into flour and cut out 8 biscuits. Pull together scraps and form into a rectangle to cut an extra 2 biscuits.
Bake Biscuits
- Place biscuits on a parchment-lined baking sheet 1-inch apart and bake at 450˚F for 12-15 minutes or until tops are golden brown and biscuits are baked through.
- While biscuits are hot, brush tops with ½ tablespoon melted butter. Transfer to a wire rack to cool 10 minutes then serve.
Notes
Notes on half and half - you can substitute with equal parts heavy cream and milk. In very humid climates, reduce the amount of half and half to ¾ cup.
Nutrition
Serving: 1biscuitCalories: 212kcal
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