Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe Without Buttermilk

A fluffy and flaky biscuit recipe using on five simple ingredients.

Servings: 9 biscuits

Author: Tara Buss

Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
15 minutes

Breakfast

American

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🧂 Ingredients

1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2 In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder.
3 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.
4 Add milk and stir until a rough dough forms. Take care not to overmix.
5 Scrape biscuit dough onto countertop and use hands to form into a large
rectangle.
6 Fold dough in half and smash four to five times. This creates the flaky layers.
7 Using hands, press dough out until it is about ¾ inch thick.
8 Using a round biscuit cutter or glass cut out 9 biscuits. Do not twist cutter.
Cut straight down and bring straight back up.
9 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.