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 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Homemade biscuits
- It's 150 g of plain flour.
- Prepare 75 g of brown sugar.
- It's 75 g of butter.
- It's 2 of eggs.
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 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.
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.