How to Make Biscuits From Scratch

my guess is 135 calories, basic recipe

How much is one calories is one biscuit?

OMG!!! I have tried many a biscuit recipe as if late and sadly non filled the biscuit void!... Till i found these!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! We use them instead of dinner buns and dip them in gravy! Soooooo good!! Also added some pressed garlic and cheese!! DIVINE!!! Thank you again! You're officially in my favorites!!

can i put something like ham and cheese in them before putting it in the oven?

I did half butter and half shortening, they came out amazing! My first tme ever making biscuits. Thank you so much my family loves them!

Awsome,my kids loved them thanks

I'm lactose intolerant and also though I do cook with most dairy products, I never keep milk around because it spoils and I'm too cheap to let expensive milk go to waste... I keep tons of evaporated milk in my pantry.

So, I just wanted to add that you *can* use evaporated milk in this recipe and that they came out great. I'm a college student and this is not only yummy and easy, it's also affordable because the entire recipe is made of common ingredients.

Used this recipe tonight. My husband loves them, also your sense of humor is just precious! Haha. :) Keep up the good work!

As a single lady getting myself ready to be super mom i. e after I meet Mr right, this recipe looks so easy n fun, totally trying it out this weekend! Thanks!

omg the best biscuits I have ever had. I will keep this recipe forever thank you

Brought home from work some chicken pot pie filling, decided on biscuits to pour it over, going to make this tonight or tomorrow for dinner

I've lived in the Deep South now for 13 years. Might have tried making biscuits from Bisquick once or twice...but during the recent "Snowpocalypse," we ran out of bread and I made your biscuits to go with a hearty soup. I made drop biscuits (as presentation means nothing to me when it's just the two of us LOL). They were great! I used Smart Balance, and my dough was still somewhat sticky even adding extra flour, but I went for it and they were delicious :-). And as one of my FB friends wrote, now I'm *really* a Southerner! Well, even if I'm not...thanks for the recipe!

I made this twice and loved it both times ..however I did something different I actually melted 1/3 of smart balanced butter and it made the biscuits a lot smoother. To me either way is great but I wanted to share the change just incase someone feel the original is not coming out great. Also afterwards you can brush some honey over the biscuits yum yum good.

Turned out great first time ever making scratch made biscuits....easy and simple directions

What if one does not have butter or shorting? Can you use cooking oil?

Really funny and delicious! Mine came out flat, but they were still tasty.

Your humor makes me want to try this recipe lol, love it! Thank you for sharing :)

Wat if I don't have baking powder

Best biscuits I used buttermilk. Thanks

Another good tip would be to roll out the dough in to a rectangle-ish shape and using a pizza cutter to cut the dough into square biscuits. Works well for me.

Is it 425 degrees C or F ?

Being a Yankee (I know, that's no excuse) I've only ever eaten the biscuits from a refrigerated tube. I'm a recent transplant to Georgia. The people in Georgia talk biscuits all the time. Some I've had were good, some I've had were not as good. I knew I would have to try making biscuits sooner or later.

It's the day after Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature is stirring...especially my spouse. I opened my laptop, and to my surprise, saw your biscuit recipe to aid the unwise. I ran to the pantry with doubt in my mind, but everything I needed was easy to find. In a matter of minutes, be it the aroma or the clatter, my spouse was awakened and asked, "What's the matter?". I buttered that biscuit and fed it to him, and he went back to bed with a nod and a grin.

Thanks for the recipe. It was easy. I used the "drop" method because I like that random look with all the peaks. No need to look for any other recipe, this one's a keeper.

Very good I'm going to use this recipe all the time. Thank you

Thanks for the recipe, I tweaked it a little bit and the family left one for me I was able to make a dozen.

I've never been able to make biscuits but these turned out do good. My kids thought they were store bought and didn't believe I made them. So soft and fluffy they were excellent. I will never buy biscuits again. Thanks for the recipe!!!

AdD Your Comment...Hi! I wanted to thankyou for this recipe. It seems totally doable. So I'm gonna sneak into the kitchen this morning and bake em up while the rest of the house is sleeping. On this cold&snowy morning biscuits, gravy, and fruit kabobs is the way! I think..yes!! :) Again thanks!

GREAT! My 6 year old could even help me successfully with these! Thanks!

I'm eating one of your biscuits well, made from your instructions and as a former Marine, I can say this would please the Commandant! Hod no problem, worked the dough til it was easy to handle, cut the dough and fed the oven, return was great.

Vann, M.L.

S/F

this recipe worked so easy and they came out excellent. Now on to the gravy and sausage.

Thank you I used butter and used the dough like a a base for my chile and rice and cheese.

Thanks for posting the recipe, will surely try this out sometime :)

You don't need to kneed these biscuits. Just a gentle press and fold and you have the perfect biscuit. Great recipe!!!!! Add some melted butter for buttery glory.

Found this recipe this morning, going baking now MMMMM YUMMY!

I am 20 yrs old and the first time i tried to make homemade biscuits they turned out to thin and way to brown. But this i made 3 times in one night. Cooked 2 batches and froze the other. Im happy that im 20 yrs old and can make homemade biscuits!! :)

I just wanted to tell you that I was a big hit with my kids last week because of your hub here. My wife had to do some early shopping and asked me to fix the kids some fried potatoes if they got hungry. I remembered that my Dad used to impress me on those days when Mom was on a mini-vacation away from us kids. He used to make the best biscuits from just flour and water and a few other pinches of "stuff". I couldn't believe how good they tasted...and it was Dad's baking, not Mom's!

After I found your hub I used your recipe, but since we didn't have any milk, I used water. The kids were so impressed that they had to call their Mommy's cell phone and tell her, "Daddy made biscuits and THEY ACTUALLY TASTE GOOOOD!" I was so proud that I saved one for my wife who told me that she couldn't believe it either. She always told me that there was no way to make biscuits taste good without so kind of milk! Well, with my chest stuck out I had to say, "NOW what about it?!"

I used an upside down coffee cup to cut them out where I think my Dad just used a big spoon and plopped them on the pan. Dad's were way more fluffy and had the look of an old gnarled willow tree or something. But this was a start! Thanks for you hub. I enjoyed it...and so did my kids!

These biscuits are amazing! I had to add a little more flour, maybe because of the margarine. I also threw in some shredded cheese. The batch made 8 drop biscuits. I'm definitely having these again!

My family loves them and said its better than Crackle Barel! I'm only 12! With my cutter it makes 6 a perfect amount for my family, perfect!

sound like i am a winner already tanx for ur recipes.

I like home made biscuits also my daughter , i will definitely try it at home

My great aunt use to make homemade biscuits for us as kids, they where great. I am going to try this recipe. Voted up.

Tasted great, and I loved your writing style, made it seem possible. I've never made from scratch before and didn't have the baking powder. I used an egg instead, why? I dunno, seemed like egg is a popular addition to flour :) anyway, turned out good although they didn't rise.

In the end, me and my 2 and 7 year old boys were happy. I Beth these would be great for making cheddar biscuits!

Great recipe and awesome writing...

Cheers!

Thanks! this is great! I always wanted to try to make one of these, starbucks just over prices them. I do however would prefer to add raisins in the mix too before baking. Great hub!

These sound really yummy!! Voted up and useful!

Thanks!

What would have caused mine not to brown? They did on the bottom just not the top

HOLY Mother of biscuits!!! They turned out fantastic!!! Yay! Thank You very much!

Cheers!!

I didn't know Biscuits came in a can. Maybe living in desolate Northern Canada has made me immune to canned biscuits. Anyway canned biscuits just sounds nasty.

I am going to make this recipe tonight for the simple fact that the author had me giggling while reading the recipe. How I do enjoy a good sense of humor.

Hopefully these turn out. I have been trying to master the art of biscuit making. Who knew 6 ingredients could be so evil.

Here's trying.

I just made these in hopes of having something better than the store bought stuff. WOW! These are outstanding! Thank you so much for sharing this. Incredible! THANK YOU!

Interesting recipe, I have never tried sugar, and an entire teaspoon of salt seems like overkill. Use just a pinch of salt, but I am going to try the sugar.

I've never tried the addition of a small amount of sugar to my recipe but I am going to do so the very next time I make biscuits. It's a wonderful idea. I like your comments throughout your recipe as well.

My mouth's a watering already! Moms home made, home made, home made biscuits coming right up!! voted up!

This looks great - I can't wait to try this with my wife over the weekend. Looking forward to more of your recipes.

wow that recipe really worked awesome !i loved my biscuits they were great my family loved them as well.from now on i will not but the biscuits in the can because these are so much better thanks for the advice.

These do look good, in England we call them Scones and they are amazing served with a coffee and then put lashings of strawberry jam and a huge dollop of thick cream on top.....yum

Just finished baking and they look perfect

I really liked that I had all ingredients and was able begin without going to the store :) thank you

to be very honest.... they turned out to be quite hard and bad, i dont know how you did it cauz we simply cant!

I followed this receipe and the biscuits turned out very good

Best biscuits ever. I've been tryng to make biscuits for months and these were amazing. Mine made about 18! Also, I made mine to go with pot pie soup & ahhh so good. I added 1T thyme, 1T salt free garlic herb spice, and 1tsp powdered boullion. So perfect.

A cup of sugar, a tablespoon of butter, 1 1/2 cups of milk, and three tablespoons of coco powder. Mix all your dry ingredients in a pot then stir in your milk. Cook over medium heat and stir constantly until you get the consistency you want (some people like it super thick, I like mine a bit runny almost like a sauce. If it gets to thick just add more milk.) then stir in your butter until it melts. Serve over your biscuits with a nice big glass of milk and a little extra butter if you want. Classic Tennessee po' folk dessert!

My great-grandmother was my daycare when I was little and she came from the backwoods of Tennessee (as in she was one of 17 kids and did things like write our names on eggs, place them in a sock, and nail them to the bedpost to help with teething pains when we were babies) and she could cook like no other. This is exactly how she made her biscuits. I can't stand the taste of canned biscuits now! Thanks for posting this. I am making them with chocolate gravy Saturday morning. They also go perfect with country ham or egg gravy!

if after mixing all the ingredients, my dough is super sticky, should I add more flour? I already exceeded your 1-2 tablespoons. I followed directions exactly as appeared except I used shortening instead. Should I just use a lot of flour when kneading?

WOW. These were sooooo good! I used a buttery olive oil spread instead of shortening, and they went perfectly with my mother's sausage gravy recipe.

I wonder how these would freeze? That way I could make up a double batch on the weekends and bake them any time.

I think it worked! I'm a 43 yr old gramma and I need to be making biscuits, not opening a can or a package from the freezer! thanks :)

i live in China and one of the things i have been craving is good biscuits. i never thought about just making them myself til i woke up and had a craving to kill all cravings. this was the easiest recipe and they are great. i will be adding this to my menu here.

thanks

Is that supposed to be baking soda and not baking powder? My biscuits didn't rise :(

How many biscuits does this make?

These are very delicious and very easy to make...

This recipe was wonderful. Very easy to make and inexpensive as you said. Thanks so much my family loved them.