One of my top favorite breakfast meals of all-time is biscuits and gravy. When I first started making biscuits and gravy I used store bought frozen biscuits. While I prefer frozen biscuits to canned biscuits, they still pale in comparison to making your own biscuits from scratch. If you have ever made biscuits from a box mix, then making them from scratch is not too far of a leap forward. Making biscuits from scratch is actually pretty easy and the taste is worth the extra effort.
You can top your biscuits with a gravy mix or even canned gravy. However, making sausage gravy from scratch is easy and the taste difference is well worth it. You can check out the sausage gravy recipe here.
This recipe uses only six ingredients. Most of these you likely have in your kitchen already. You will need all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, a stick of butter, and a little milk (buttermilk can also be used).
One piece of equipment that I highly recommend is a good pastry blender. This recipe calls for cold butter that has been cut into slices. You will need a good pastry blender to mix the cold butter into the flour. If you do not already have one, buying a good quality one will make your cooking experience a lot more productive and enjoyable.
Biscuits from Scratch
Equipment
- Pastry Blender
- Biscuit cutter (A drinking glass can be substituted)
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup butter one stick
- 3/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into a large mixing bowl.
- Cut the stick of butter into small cubes. (Keep your butter cold prior to using)
- Use a pastry blender to mix the butter into the flour mixture.
- Make a little well into the flour. Add the milk into the well a little at a time. Keep mixing until all the flour mixture is combined.
- Place a handful of flour on the counter top. Place the biscuit dough on the flour and fold several times (don't over do it).
- Use a rolling pin to flatten out the dough to desired thickness.
- Cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter. (a drinking glass can be substituted)
- Place biscuits on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.