We love biscuits for breakfast and these Baking Powder Biscuits are simple yet delicious. We love them with a good country pork sausage, soft scrambled eggs and some cottage fries! Perfect breakfast!
Allen loves his biscuit with Strawberry Jelly! I love mine sometimes with sausage gravy! Sausage gravy is simple. For two I brown about 1/4 pound of a good breakfast sausage with 1 tablespoon butter. Then add 2 tablespoons flour and combine, cooking for about a minute or so. Then I add two to three cups whole milk, starting with two and add more if too thick. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve with these yummy biscuits!!
Simple Awesome Homemade Baking Powder Biscuits
Here’s a couple of tips about biscuit making. First don’t overwork your dough. When it comes together turn it out onto a floured surface and gently gather all the pieces and bits and form into a round or square. Fold over like an envelope two or 3 times, then roll out for cutting. I like to use a sharp biscuit cutter so you don’t have to twist. Twisting prevents your biscuit from rising like they should. I like to use these cutters. https://amzn.to/2R3kBE5.
I have other recipes on the blog. Here’s a couple:https://the2spoons.com/my-easy-homemade-buttermilk-biscuits/ and https://the2spoons.com/decadent-black-pepper-buttermilk-biscuits/
Hope you enjoy these recipes!
Baking Powder Biscuits
Ingredients
- 3 Cups All purpose flour
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- 6 Tbsp Butter at room temperature
- 1 1/8 Cup Cold whole milk or buttermilk
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 425°F with a rack in the upper portion. Get out a baking sheet; there's no need to grease it. Line it with parchment if you like, for easiest cleanup.- Weigh your flour; or measure it by gently spooning it into a cup, then sweeping off any excess.Â
- Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.
- Work the butter into the flour mixture using your fingers, a fork or pastry blender, a stand mixer, or a food processor; your goal is an evenly crumbly mixture (think breadcrumbs).
Drizzle the smaller amount of milk evenly over the flour mixture. Mix quickly and gently for about 15 seconds, until you've made a cohesive dough. If the mixture seems dry and won't come together, don't keep working it; drizzle in enough milk — up to an additional 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) to make it cohesive.- Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Pat it into a rough rectangle about 3/4" thick. Fold it into thirds like a letter and roll gently with a floured rolling pin until the dough is 3/4" thick again.
- Cut the dough into circles with a biscuit cutter for traditional round biscuits; a 2 3/8" cutter makes nice-sized biscuits. Or to avoid leftover dough scraps, cut the dough into squares or diamonds with a bench knife or sharp knife.
- Place the biscuits bottom side up on your prepared baking sheet; turning them over like this yields biscuits with nice, smooth tops. Brush the biscuits with milk, to enhance browning.
- Bake the biscuits for 15 to 20 minutes, until they're lightly browned. Remove them from the oven, and serve warm.
