Easy Layered Biscuits
Equipment
- 1 Box Grater
Ingredients
- 4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Cups Non Dairy Milk
- 1½ Sticks Butter Salted or unsalted is fine
Instructions
Prepare Butter
- First, you'll want to place your 1½ sticks of butter in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, use the box grater and grate 1 stick of butter.1½ Sticks Butter
Make Biscuits
- Preheat oven to 425° and place cast iron skillet in oven.
- Mix flour and butter together in a large mixing bowl.4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- Add milk to flour and butter and mix until combined. If it's too dry, add milk, if it's too sticky, add flour.2 Cups Non Dairy Milk
- Generously flour your working surface and roll out the dough to about 3/4" thick.
- Fold the dough in half, then gently roll out. Repeat this process at least 4-5 times for more layers!
- When satisfied with layers, gently roll out to about 1" thick and cut into even shapes.
- Remove cast iron skillet from oven and place 2 tablespoon of butter into the pan. Allow to melt and coat the skillet.
- Place cut biscuts in skillet, the closer the better. Chop 1 tablespoon of butter and place on top of the biscuts.
Bake
- Bake 15-20 minutes, until the tops are golden brown. Enjoy with gravy, jam, peanut butter, or as a substitute for bread!
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Angie’s Notes
- Spice things up by adding pepper or curry powder!
- Make sure your milk of choice is unflavored unless you want a flavored biscuit.
- Create a savory biscuit by adding sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and vanilla-flavored milk – a perfect substitute for cinnamon raisin bread.
Why I Love This Easy Layered Biscuit
To start, this easy layered biscuit recipe makes perfectly flaky biscuits that really hold up to gravy! Secondly, I love that these biscuits are a great base recipe. Looking for a savory biscuit? No problem, add vanilla-flavored milk, raisins & cinnamon. Prefer a biscuit for dinner? Add cheese & garlic! I could go on and on about my obsession with biscuits. Keep reading this post to learn my favorite biscuit add-ins!
How To Make These Biscuits Your Own
Wondering how you can make these biscuits even better? I have you covered! Below you will find a few variations for making these layered biscuits your own. If you don’t want to add anything to the biscuits, maybe you could find a sauce you’d like to use on top!
Add-ins for a dinner biscuit – perfect for pasta nights!
- Cheese
- Garlic
- Parsley
Add-ins for a savory biscuit – replace cinnamon raisin bread
- Raisins
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla flavored milk
Add-ins for a bring the heat biscuit – great for sandwiches
- Sriracha
- Garlic
- Jalapeno
Wondering what my #1 tip for these biscuits are? Continue reading to find out!
Angie’s Number 1 Tip For Easy Layered Biscuits
Butter. That’s it – that’s my answer – butter! You can choose salted or unsalted butter. I prefer unsalted butter because I’ll most likely be using these biscuits for biscuits & gravy.
If you are looking for a great frugal gravy, check out my post where I share my favorite store-bought dry gravy mix!
I hope you enjoyed this recipe for my Easy Layered Biscuits and will give these a try! If you don’t have time to make them today, be sure to pin this recipe for later.
Have you tried making biscuits? Let me know in the comments below!
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