Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe Without Buttermilk
A fluffy and flaky biscuit recipe using on five simple ingredients.
Servings 9 biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt I prefer Redmond real salt
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 7 tbsp butter cold
- ¾ cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder.
- Cut up or grate butter into small pieces and cut into flour using hands, fork, or pastry cutter. Butter pieces should be the size of peas.
- Add milk and stir until a rough dough forms. Take care not to overmix.
- Scrape biscuit dough onto countertop and use hands to form into a large rectangle.
- Fold dough in half and smash four to five times. This creates the flaky layers.
- Using hands, press dough out until it is about ¾ inch thick.
- Using a round biscuit cutter or glass cut out 9 biscuits. Do not twist cutter. Cut straight down and bring straight back up.
- Place cut biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until beginning to get golden brown. If you over bake they may be dry so keep an eye on them.