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Plate filled with golden, flaky homemade Southern-style biscuits ready to serve

Biscuitville Biscuit Recipe

Make this Biscuitville Biscuit Recipe at home with simple ingredients for soft, flaky, buttery Southern biscuits perfect for breakfast or dinner.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 8 People
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 260
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • ½ cup cold unsalted butter cubed
  • 1¼ cups cold buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter for brushing

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons
  • Pastry cutter
  • Rolling pin
  • Biscuit cutter
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Pastry brush
  • Cooling rack

Method
 

Step 1: Prepare the Oven
  1. Preheat your oven to 425°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper for easy cleanup.
    Baking tray lined with parchment paper inside a preheated oven for homemade biscuit preparation
Step 2: Mix Dry Ingredients
  1. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a large bowl until evenly mixed.
    Glass mixing bowl filled with flour, baking powder, and dry ingredients being whisked together
Step 3: Cut in Butter
  1. Add cold butter pieces and cut them into the flour until crumbly with pea-sized butter pieces.
    Cold butter cubes being cut into flour mixture with a pastry cutter in a glass bowl
Step 4: Add Buttermilk
  1. Pour cold buttermilk slowly and mix gently until a soft dough starts coming together.
    Cold buttermilk being added to flour and butter mixture in a glass mixing bowl
Step 5: Fold the Dough
  1. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and fold several times to create flaky layers.
    Soft homemade biscuit dough being gently folded in a glass bowl on a floured surface
Step 6: Cut Biscuits
  1. Roll the dough gently and cut biscuits using a round cutter without twisting.
    Cutting Biscuit Shapes from Dough
Step 7: Bake Until Golden
  1. Place biscuits on a tray, brush tops with butter, and bake until golden brown.
    Unbaked biscuit dough rounds placed on a parchment-lined baking tray before baking
Step 8: Serve Warm
  1. Remove from oven, brush again with butter, and serve while warm.
    Golden brown flaky homemade biscuits fresh from the oven on a baking tray

Notes

Use very cold butter and cold buttermilk for the flakiest biscuit layers.