Easy Homemade Biscuits

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Fluffy, flaky, soft, easy homemade biscuits are a breakfast favorite.

They are delicious with butter, and jam, honey butter, sausage gravy or stuffed with ham.

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Biscuit Ingredients

Baking biscuits from scratch is easy. You probably have the ingredients in your pantry.

• Self-rising flour – Using self-rising flour is the easiest way to make biscuit dough since it contains leavening agents and salt.
• Shortening – Adds fat and a neutral flavor; however, you can choose butter-flavored shortening.
• Milk – Whole milk is preferred; it adds moisture and richness to the dough.
• Vegetable oil – Used to grease the baking pan.
• Buttermilk – Brushed over the biscuits before baking encourages golden brown edges while baking.

Tips for Making Biscuits

• Do not overwork the dough.
• Patting out and folding over the dough by hand a few times will encourage flaky layers.
• Cut the dough without twisting the biscuit cutter since that seals the sides of the dough, hindering the rising process.
• Do not use a rolling pin or mixer for this recipe.

How to Make Homemade Biscuits

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Place a piece of parchment paper or silicone baking liner on your baking sheet.

* Add the flour to a medium bowl and blend in the shortening using two knives or your fingers.

Next, make a bowl in the flour mixture and add 1/3 cup of milk. Use a wooden spoon or spatula mix until a ragged dough forms.

Turn out the dough on a surface dusted with flour.

Using your hands, gently form the dough into a rectangle.

Fold the rectangle of dough into thirds and pat it out with your hands to form a rectangle that is ¾ thick. Repeat the process two more times.

Dip your biscuit cutter in flour. Then, cut out the biscuits without twisting the biscuit cutter.

Place biscuits on a prepared cooking sheet.

Brush the biscuits with buttermilk before baking.

Place sheet pan in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.

See you soon,

Kippi

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