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. This simple, made from scratch, butter biscuit recipe from Paula Deen is a Southern favorite for breakfast. Ingredients include all-purpose flour, cubed butter and milk.

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. The BEST Homemade Biscuit recipe you'll ever try! You can cook Homemade Biscuits using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade Biscuits

Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
Prepare 2 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
It's 2 cup of all-purpose flour, sifted.
It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
Prepare 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese.
You need 1 of each one large egg.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 1/2 cup of melted butter.
Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.

I've never had much luck making biscuits from scratch but this recipe produced the best biscuits I've ever made. 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.

Homemade Biscuits instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl, mix together all dry ingredients and make sure no lumps.
Mix everything well together.
Lightly flour surface for rolling.
Roll out dough to 1/2 in thickness.
Cut biscuits with circle cookie cutter.
Repeat step 5 as needed.
Repeat steps 6, 7 until dough is used up.
Bake 10 to 20 minutes until dough is cooked and golden brown.

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. Make these for dinner, shortcake, and all your favorite breakfast dishes! See recipe notes for make-ahead-and-freezer instructions.