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Easy Fast Biscuit Recipe

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The ONLY biscuit recipe you will ever need (from a busy pregnant mama of 5 little boys). With only 5 ingredients and 3 minutes hands on time, you can have these biscuits made and on the table in under 20 minutes (and only 3 of those minutes is you actually handling them!) Seriously, this is THE BEST biscuit recipe if you want delicious biscuits, FAST!

Simplifying my recipes in the kitchen without sacrificing health or flavor has been one of my biggest sanity savers and I’m so excited to share this simple, easy, fast biscuit recipe with you.

I like to use organic, unbleached all purpose flour. But they’re just as delicious with freshly milled hard white wheat flour. Mix in sugar or honey for a sweeter end product. Mix in cheddar cheese for a cheesy style biscuit. This is yet another very versatile recipe.

How to make easy fast biscuits:

First

Preheat the oven to 450. Melt butter in pan in the oven while it preheats. (waiting on the oven to preheat and the butter to melt takes longer than making these easy fast biscuits.)

Mix dry ingredients. Combing the flour, baking powder, and salt with a whisk.

Add in wet ingredients keeping 1-2 tbsp butter/oil in the pan. Combine the dry ingredients with the milk, butter/oil of your choice and stir with a spoon.

drop biscuits with a spoon into pan or pinch off amounts with your hands. Dough is wet but shouldn’t stick to your hands much.

I like to flip them over as I add them to the pan with my finger tips, just to coat both sides with the oil that was remaining in the pan (optional step, but I like it).

Bake in oven at 450 for about 15-17 minutes.

Serve with butter & honey or however you please.

Come back and let me know what you think and/or share it with everyone you know! I appreciate any feedback you give me.

Thank you for stopping by our home,

Brittany

Tips for making these with fresh milled flour:

I have made these using hard white wheat substituting 1 for 1 what the recipe calls for flour. So I used 1 cup of freshly milled flour, 1 cup of all purpose flour for this recipe when making with fresh milled hard white wheat berries. This yields a delicious biscuits still but with added nutrition of freshly milled flour.

Meal ideas for serving with these biscuits:

  • Biscuits & gravy
  • Sausage/bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches
  • Snack with butter and jam
  • Serve alongside chicken dinner (fried, roasted or soups!)
  • Use this recipe for dumplings in chicken & dumplings.

Tips:

  • after 15 minutes at 450F, if biscuits are not brown enough for your liking, turn on your oven’s broiler for about 1-2minutes. stay close so you don’t burn it. ask me how I know? I’ve burnt things on broil more times than I can count.
  • if using cast iron, make sure it is well seasoned and you have 1-2 tablespoons of butter or neutral oil in the pan.
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Easy Fast Biscuit Recipe

The best biscuits from scratch in under 20 minutes with about 3 minutes of that being hands on time for my family of 7? yes please. These biscuits are not just for weekends. Throw these together quickly and easily, pop them in the oven and focus on whatever else you want to focus on while they cook! Fast, easy, healthy and delicious-that's the kind of recipes this mama loves! I'm sure this will be a staple recipe the whole family will love.
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups All purpose flour organic, unbleached preferred.
  • 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup oil melted butter or coconut oil or other fat of your choice
  • 1 cup milk buttermilk preferred but still delicious with regular milk
  • 1 tsp honey optional

Method
 

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 450 with about 2Tbsp butter or oil to melt
    2. Combine dry ingredients, using a whisk or hands to incorporate the dry ingredients together well
    3. Add in the wet ingredients and stir together with a spoon
    4. take skillet with melted fat out of the oven
    5. using hands or the spoon place biscuits into pan ( I like to flip them with my fingertips so both sides are coated in a bit of oil as I add them to the pan)
    6. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes.
    7. Enjoy with jam & butter, gravy, breakfast sandwiches or any way you please !

Notes

  • Make cheddar biscuits by adding in a 1/2 cup shredded cheddar. 
  • Use this recipe for dumplings 
  • Biscuits are fantastic as a dinner side dish as well (especially warm chicken soups and chicken dinners)
  • Make them sweeter by adding a tsp honey. Leave the honey out if you prefer regular biscuits. 
  • Cut liquid down by 1/4 cup and add in 1/4 cup cream style corn for corn biscuits.