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Freshly baked Black Bear Diner style biscuits in a basket with golden tops and fluffy buttery layers

Black Bear Diner Biscuits Recipe

Make soft, fluffy, buttery Black Bear Diner biscuits at home with this easy homemade copycat recipe using simple pantry ingredients.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings: 8 People
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 220
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

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Pastry cutter or fork
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Biscuit cutter
  • Rolling pin
  • Pastry brush
  • Oven

Method
 

Step 1: Prepare the Oven
  1. Preheat your oven to 425°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
    Baking tray being placed inside a preheated oven for homemade biscuit preparation
Step 2: Mix Dry Ingredients
  1. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt until evenly combined.
Step 3: Cut in Butter
  1. Add cold butter and mix until coarse crumbs form.
    Cold butter being cut into flour mixture using a pastry cutter for flaky biscuits
Step 4: Add Buttermilk
  1. Pour buttermilk slowly and stir until a shaggy dough forms.
    Cold buttermilk being poured into crumbly flour mixture to form biscuit dough
Step 5: Fold the Dough
  1. Fold the dough several times to create flaky layers.
    Hands gently folding biscuit dough on a floured surface to create soft flaky layers
Step 6: Cut Biscuits
  1. Roll gently, cut biscuits, and place on a tray.
    Round biscuit cutter pressing into rolled dough while shaped biscuits rest nearby
Step 7: Bake Until Golden
  1. Bake for 14–16 minutes until golden brown.
    Fresh biscuits baking in the oven with golden tops and fluffy rising layers
Step 8: Butter and Serve
  1. Brush with melted butter and serve warm.
    Freshly baked biscuits being brushed with melted butter for a glossy buttery finish

Notes

Always keep your butter and buttermilk cold for the fluffiest, flakiest biscuits.