Basic Butter Biscuits
Print recipeIngredients
- 2 Cups Flour (All Purpose)
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt (I like baking with Kosher salt)
- 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 2/3 Cup Milk
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat the oven to 425 F (220 C) | |
| Step 2 | |
| Butter cake tin or pie plate. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Sift dry ingredients into a bowl: flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Cut butter into cubes and blend into flour mixture with fork until crumbly and lumpy. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Pour milk into flour mixture, and mix with fork, until it comes together. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Turn mixture onto a floured dough board and fold it over on itself several times, lightly kneading to create layers. | |
| Step 7 | |
| Roll out dough to about an inch thick, cut into squares or use biscuit/cookie cutter. | |
| Step 8 | |
| Place in a pan or tin, barely touching each other. Bake 15-20 minutes until raised and brown. | |