Small Batch Biscuits (2024)

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Weekends just aren’t complete without a batch of soft, flaky biscuits! This easy Small Batch Biscuits recipe yields six perfect biscuits without the use of buttermilk. Breakfast accomplished. Don’t forget thebacon and Easy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole!

Small Batch Biscuits

Two years ago I shared my favorite biscuit recipe and over 350k pins later, it remains one of most popular posts on my site. I decided to share this small batch recipe today because sometimes 12 biscuits is just too many 🙂

This recipe yields six biscuits which is the perfect amount for our family. The biscuits are light, buttery and flaky – truly perfect.

We make biscuits almost every weekend and usually once during the week. We love them so much and find them to be the perfect addition to pretty much any breakfast or brunch menu. Frequently, we turn them into biscuit sandwiches or simple serve them along side scrambled eggs or top with sausage gravy.

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Do I Need Buttermilk?

This recipe doesn’t call for buttermilk which is a good thing because I rarely have any 🙂 If you happen to have buttermilk on hand, go ahead and substitute it for the milk if you like. You will need to use a little bit more to get the dough to right consistency.

Biscuit Ingredients

The one thing I love about making homemade biscuits is that the ingredients are ones that you most likely already have in your pantry.

all-purpose flour
sugar
salt
baking powder
cream of tartar
COLD butter
egg (my brother and sister leave the egg out and the biscuits are still great!)
milk

Perfect with a little butter and some homemade jelly or pumpkin butter, this is most definitely a breakfast treat you don’t want to miss.

Biscuit Making Tips & Tricks

I have a TON of tips on the original biscuit post so please make sure to check those out. But here are a few you shouldn’t miss:

Only use really cold butter.
Grate frozen butter if you don’t want to use a pastry cutter.
Don’t overwork the dough.
Don’t over bake – you want the tops just golden brown.
Brush with melted butter right out of the even for extra goodness.

What You’ll Need for Biscuits

Abaking sheetthat can handle the size of the scones.
Biscuit cutterso you get nice evenly sized biscuits.
Parchment papermakes removal of these biscuits painless and ensures they come off in one piece.
Apastry cuttermakes quick work of cutting the butter into the flour. Two knives or forks will also work or you can use a box grater.
Apastry brushto brush on melted butter when the biscuits are hot from the oven.

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How To Make Biscuits

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Small Batch Perfect Biscuits

Our weekends just aren't complete without a batch of soft, flaky biscuits. This easy Small Batch Biscuits recipe yields six perfect biscuits without the use of buttermilk. Breakfast accomplished.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword biscuit

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Servings 6 biscuits

Calories 268kcal

Author Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tbsp all-purpose flour additional
5 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
6 tbsp butter cold
1 egg lightly beaten
1/2 cup milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Combine the dry ingredients and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter in. (You can alternatively grate the frozen butter.) You're looking for small, pea-sized pieces of butter throughout the dough.
Add in the milk and egg and mix just until the ingredients are combined. The dough will be sticky but don't keep working it.
Turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface. Sprinkle some flour on to the top of dough so it won't stick to your fingers and knead 10-15 times. Sprinkle additional flour if necessary.
Roll or pat the dough out to 3/4 - 1 inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter or glass.
Place the biscuits on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
For extra yumminess, brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter.

Nutrition

Originally published November 7, 2014.

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