Biscuits. 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. We make a lactose free version with vanilla soy milk and margarine, but have made the milk variety for others. Are biscuits better with butter or shortening?
There are some recipes out there that call for shortening (like these fluffy biscuits), however, most call for butter.
Butter provides more flavor than shortening and can create more flaky layers the way butter creates a flakier pie crust.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender or a fork, or two knives, until crumbly.
You can have Biscuits using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Biscuits
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups of flour.
- It's 1/2 cup of very cold butter cut into cubes (I used vegan butter).
- Prepare 1/3 cup of milk if using softened vegan butter (3/4 cup if regular.
- You need 3 tsp of baking powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of salt (optional).
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. This simple, made from scratch, butter biscuit recipe from Paula Deen is a Southern favorite for breakfast.
Biscuits instructions
- Pour the flour and baking powder into your KitchenAid with the Whisk attachment. Add the very cold butter and turn on the second setting and whisk until it turns into a coarse meal. You can use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour if you don't have a KitchenAid. If you don't have a pastry cutter, just use a whisk..
- Once the flour and butter have formed a course meal, add the salt, and start pouring in the milk a tablespoon at a time slowly until it forms a sticky thick dough..
- Drop onto parchment lined baking sheet about a quarter cup at a time. You should be able to form 6 to 8 biscuits.
- Bake in a 450 degree preheated oven for about 17 to 19 minutes. Or until golden brown. Brush the tops with melted butter and enjoy!.
Ingredients include all-purpose flour, cubed butter and milk. My biscuits won the Best Quick Bread division at my county fair. One of the judges liked it so much, she asked for the recipe! In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks.