The Best Biscuits

These really are the best biscuits! Flaky, tender, and ready in under 30 minutes!

For more delicious breakfast treats be sure and check out this recipe for our favorite Streusel Blueberry Muffins, Raspberry Chocolate Scones and better the real thing, Starbucks Copycat Coffee Cake.

I love me a good biscuit and I have baked my way through quite a few recipes in the attempt to create the best one. I think I have finally found a winner. It meats all my qualifications, it’s tender, soft, flaky, really tall and tastes good too!

Tips for Making Flaky Biscuits

• Use cold butter, sour cream, egg and milk. Leave it in the refrigerator until you are ready to start.
• Don’t overwork the dough. Use a pastry blender or dough hook to combine the dough until it looks shaggy. There will still be small pieces of butter in the dough. This is what makes a flaky biscuit.

• Baking powder is an important ingredient in this recipe so make sure you are using fresh baking powder, not the stuff that’s been sitting on your pantry shelf for years.
• Use your hands to bring the dough together. Do not use a rolling pin to roll out the dough. Use your hands to pat the dough into a one inch tall circle.
• Do not twist the biscuit cutter when cutting the dough, this will seal the edges of the biscuit and prevent those flaky layers from forming.

• The combination of butter, sour cream and lots of baking powder in the recipe makes a nice flaky and soft biscuit.
• The trick to a nice tall biscuit is to roll your dough out to about 1 inch thick.
• I used my trusty old biscuit cutter that as my grandmothers but you could also use the rim of glass dipped into flour to cut out your biscuits. You can even just use a knife and cut them into squares like I did here.

• Place them on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-17 minutes.
• Baste the biscuits with melted butter 1-2 times during the baking process.

Can I Freeze Biscuits?

One of the best things about this recipe is that they freeze really well.  With our reduced size family we can’t eat a whole batch.

Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and place in freezer until frozen solid.

Place them into a large ziploc freezer bag and remove as much air as you can..  You can now have biscuits anytime you want!

They will last in the freezer for 2-3 months.

They are ready when you are! You can bake while still frozen at 400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.

There is nothing quite like a warm, buttery, flaky biscuit right out of the oven. I love mine slathered with butter or homemade jam. They also make a delicious breakfast sandwich or cover them with sausage gravy. 

Pine State Biscuit Sandwich Ideas

One of our favorite Portland restaurants is Pine State Biscuits. They have some of the best biscuits and gravy in Portland but we also love their biscuit sandwiches.

One of our favorite things to do with this recipe is make a copycat version at home.

• Egg – We use both a fried egg or scrambled egg. 1 egg per sandwich.
• Meat – You can use sausage patties or bacon. Cook the meat before adding it to the sandwich.
• Cheese – Use your favorite kind of cheese. We like cheddar cheese.

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The Best Biscuit Recipe