Homemade biscuits. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Using a box grater, grate butter over the flour. Making biscuits from scratch is such a worthwhile endeavor, and it doesn't need to be challenging. This simple biscuit recipe is a snap to put together and it uses ingredients you likely already have on hand.
Moist, lightly sweet biscuits are just perfect for breakfast or a cup of tea in the afternoon.
This is as close as I could get to the store bakery version.
My husband and kids loved these just as much as the store bought biscuits.
You can have Homemade biscuits using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Homemade biscuits
- You need 150 g of plain flour.
- You need 75 g of brown sugar.
- Prepare 75 g of butter.
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
We make a lactose free version with vanilla soy milk and margarine, but have made the milk variety for others. The BEST Homemade Biscuit recipe you'll ever try! Make these for dinner, shortcake, and all your favorite breakfast dishes! See recipe notes for make-ahead-and-freezer instructions.
Homemade biscuits step by step
- Mix together the butter and sugar.
- Add in the eggs and mix until smooth.
- Add in the flour and mix together until you have a play doh consistency. If it’s too wet, add flour. If it’s too dry, add water..
- Roll out the mixture and cut it into any shape you like. Place on greasedproof paper on a baking tray.
- Place in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
One: because homemade biscuits are delicious (obviously) and they're so easy to make. So many people buy the canned version without realizing that they already have all of the ingredients to make them from scratch in their pantry. The taste of a pre-made biscuit doesn't hold a candle to a homemade biscuit. I've never had much luck making biscuits from scratch but this recipe produced the best biscuits I've ever made. This simple, made from scratch, butter biscuit recipe from Paula Deen is a Southern favorite for breakfast.