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Golden brown biscuits.

Homemade Biscuits

Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: biscuits, homemade biscuits
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 16 minutes
Overall additional time: 40 minutes
Servings: 12 biscuits
Calories: 259kcal
Author: Victor
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Ingredients

  • 400 g all-purpose flour about 3 1/4 cups
  • 8 g kosher salt 1 heaping tsp
  • 20 g granulated sugar about 2 Tbsp
  • 24 g baking powder about 2 Tbsp
  • 140 unsalted butter about 10 Tbsp
  • 230 g whole milk 1 cup
  • 100 g grated cheddar cheese about 2 cups

Instructions

  • Twenty minutes before starting, place the butter in the freezer.
  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Grate partially frozen butter over the flour mix, using a cheese grater.
    Grating butter over flour mix.
  • Mix well using a fork.
    Mixing grated butter with the flour mix.
  • Pour in the milk and mix the ingredients together using a spatula.
    Mixing batter for biscuits with a spatula.
  • Add the mix-ins, if any, and mix together.
    Mixing in grated cheddar cheese into biscuit batter.
  • Turn the dough onto a generously floured work surface, dust the top with flour, and press into a rectangle about 3/4” thick, incorporating any loose pieces. Use a metal scraper to lift the dough and add more flour underneath. Now, using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a 1/2" thick rectangle. Fold like you would an envelope, dust with more flour, and roll out to ½” thick. Rotate 90 degrees and repeat folding and rolling out. Then rotate 90 degrees and repeat folding and rolling out two more times, making it a total of 4 times folding and rolling out.
  • Cut out biscuits using a 3” round cookie cutter. Gather the cut-offs, roll them out again and cut more biscuits. Repeat until all dough is used.
    Biscuits dough rolled out and cut into circles.
  • Place the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing out at least ½’, and let rest for 20 to 30 minutes. Ideally, place them in a refrigerator or a very cool room.
  • Twenty minutes before baking, preheat to 500F.
  • Whisk the egg yolk with one teaspoon of milk in a small bowl. Brush the tops of biscuits with the egg wash.
    Brushing biscuit tops with egg wash.
  • Transfer the biscuits to the oven, lower the temperature to 450F, or 425F if using convection (preferred).
  • Bake for 8 minutes, rotate the baking pan and bake for additional 6-8 minutes, or until the biscuits have risen about 1.5 times, and the tops and the bottoms of the biscuits are rich golden brown.
    Golden brown, puffed up biscuits on a baking sheet.
  • Remove the biscuits from the oven, transfer to a cooling rack and let cool for 3 minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 259kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 322mg | Potassium: 271mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 406IU | Calcium: 176mg | Iron: 2mg