6 Tablespoons unsalted butter (very cold (85g), unsalted European butter is ideal, but not required)
¾ cup whole milk¹ ((177ml) buttermilk or 2% milk will also work)
Categories
Bread
Breakfast
Side Dish
Cuisine
American
Steps
For best results, chill your butter in the freezer for 10-20 minutes before beginning this recipe. It's ideal that the butter is very cold for light, flaky, buttery biscuits.
Preheat oven to 425F and line a cookie sheet with nonstick parchment paper. Set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Remove your butter from the refrigerator and either cut it into your flour mixture using a pastry cutter or (preferred) use a box grater to shred the butter into small pieces and then add to the flour mixture and stir.
Cut the butter or combine the grated butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add milk, use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir until combined (don't over-work the dough).
Transfer your biscuit dough to a well-floured surface and use your hands to gently work the dough together. If the dough is too sticky, add flour until it is manageable.
Once the dough is cohesive, fold in half over itself and use your hands to gently flatten layers together. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and fold in half again, repeating this step 5-6 times but taking care to not overwork the dough.
Use your hands (do not use a rolling pin) to flatten the dough to 1" thick and lightly dust a 2 ¾" round biscuit cutter with flour.
Making close cuts, press the biscuit cutter straight down into the dough and drop the biscuit onto your prepared baking sheet.
Repeat until you have gotten as many biscuits as possible and place less than ½" apart on baking sheet.
Once you have gotten as many biscuits as possible out of the dough, gently re-work the dough to get out another biscuit or two until you have at least 6 biscuits.
Bake on 425F for 12 minutes or until tops are beginning to just turn lightly golden brown.
If desired, brush with melted salted butter immediately after removing from oven. Serve warm and enjoy.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 biscuit
Calories: 280 kcal
Carbohydrates: 36 g
Protein: 5 g
Fat: 13 g
Saturated Fat: 8 g
Cholesterol: 33 mg
Sodium: 405 mg
Sugar: 4 g
Reviews
Erika on 2025-12-19 (5 stars): I gave these along with some honey butter and jam to my secret Santa and it was a success! Thank you
Taylor Melton on 2025-12-18 (5 stars): I just made these for the first time, and I will never be using canned biscuits again. These are so simple to make, and they taste delicious!
Tammy Loveland on 2025-12-16 (5 stars): I’ve been baking these for about 5 years. They always turn out great!
Michelle on 2025-12-16 (5 stars): These biscuits are delicious. The are so fluffy and soft. Everyone in my house loves them. Sometimes have to double or even triple the recipe so I do not have to make them every day. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Aidaris Yazmin Calderon on 2025-12-16 (5 stars): Just popped my second batch this week into the oven. So delish!
Nathan on 2025-12-15 (5 stars): Easy recipe to follow especially with all the helpful tips. Turned out perfect, made for biscuits and gravy and my wife cleared the extras right after the meal stating how flaky they were. I was a star
Peri Rasi on 2025-12-15 (5 stars): This recipe works great with Vegan butter and Plant milk! I use a couple extra tablespoons of butter grated in. 10/10 recipe, thanks for sharing!!
Lena on 2025-12-14 (5 stars): my grandma told me that they were amazing and that when she was young and made biscuits, it took her many tries to get them that good lol it was my third time making biscuits when she told me that, your recipe is great!
Laure on 2025-12-14 (5 stars): I’ve made these following the recipe and they were great! Do you think they will tie out nice if I substitute king Arthur’s 1:1 gluten free flour?
Tina in Florida on 2025-12-14 (5 stars): Fabulous recipe! Realized I didn’t have AP so used bread flour and they were a huge hit! I’m curious what would happen if I added butter extract or garlic salt for a little extra flavor. I can’t wait to make these again! Thanks for this easy and delicious recipe!
Amber on 2025-12-14 (5 stars): Thank you for such a great simple recipe. My family loves these biscuits!
