Easy Homemade Biscuits
Servings 10
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
Biscuits:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, diced into ½-inch pieces **Keep it very cold
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp salt (fine sea salt)
- 1 cup - MINUS 2 tbsp half and half **You can also use equal parts heavy cream and whole milk
For Brushing after Baking:
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make the dough by dicing the butter into ½-inch cubes, then return it to the refrigerator until needed. Side Note: The butter needs to be very cold.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a large mixing bowl until well combined.
- Cut the cold diced butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the largest butter pieces are pea-sized.
- Add 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons of half-and-half all at once and stir until the mixture comes together and is mostly moistened. Do not over-mix.
- Fold the dough & cut biscuits by turning it out onto a lightly floured surface. Side Note: If the dough is too sticky, lightly sprinkle the top with a little flour.
- Pat the dough into a rectangle, then fold it in half and pat it into another rectangle.
- Fold it a second time and pat into a 5"x10" rectangle or ¾" thickness.
- Using a 2½" round biscuit cutter, cut 8 biscuits out of the dough. Pull together the scraps and form them into a rectangle to cut an extra 2-3 biscuits. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the biscuits by placing the baking sheet into the oven and baking for 11-14 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the biscuits are baked through.
- Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter. Serve immediately and enjoy.