Flaky, simple, delicate homemade biscuits for your breakfast and brunch needs. This recipe makes 4-5 fluffy homemade biscuits, and is a great biscuit recipe for two people.
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT12M
Total time: PT22M
Rating
4.87 stars (158 reviews)
Keywords
biscuits
Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour (plus extra for dusting and cutting)
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. kosher salt ((or 1/2 teaspoon other salt))
1 1/2 tsp. granulated sugar
3 Tbsp. cold, unsalted butter
1/2 cup cold, whole milk
Categories
Breakfast
Cuisine
American
Steps
Preheat the oven to 425 F. Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper.
Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Cut the cold butter into 1/2" cubes, then add them directly into the dry ingredients. Use your hands to crumble the cold butter into the dry ingredients, forming a coarse crumb.**
Using a fork, gently stir in the whole milk until a rough ball of dough forms. (Add another tablespoon of flour if the dough seems too wet).
Turn the rough dough out onto a very well-floured surface. Gently form it into a rectangle that is about one inch thick. Fold the front half of the rectangle onto the bottom half, and gently pat down again. Fold the dough in half again, but this time fold the right side onto the left side. (This is how we create the layers!)
Gently repeat the folds from the last step. (Fold in half from front to back, gently pat down, then fold in half from side to side.) Gently form it into a rectangle that is about an inch thick.
Dip a 2" biscuit cutter into the extra flour. Cut two biscuits from the dough, firmly pressing down as you cut. Don't twist the cutter, but you can gently wiggle it back and forth to free the biscuits from the dough.
Gently form the remaining dough into another one inch thick rectangle, and cut out the third and fourth biscuits. Place the biscuits about 1/2" apart on the prepared baking sheet.***
Bake the biscuits at 425 F for 12-14 minutes until the tops and golden brown.
Remove from the oven, and let the biscuits rest until they are cool enough to handle. Enjoy!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 biscuit
Calories: 168 kcal
Reviews
Beth on 2026-04-28 (5 stars): I made the small batch as the recipe is shown and didn't modify anything. I put my butter and milk in the freezer for about 30 minutes to get them nice and cold and used the grater method for the butter. The biscuits turned out fantastic and tasted just like my mamaw's and my mom's biscuits who are both deep Appalachian souls. The only thing I didn't do was use parchment paper because I was raised on cast iron. :) I never really paid attention to my elder's recipes for biscuits because they literally just whipped them up and measured by eye and love. Of course I ate these with sausage gravy. This is an excellent recipe for when you need a few biscuits. Great job to the creator.
Laura G on 2026-04-19 (5 stars): Still making these biscuits, perfect recipe for 2 people for weekend breakfast. Especially with my amazing sausage gravy.
Marcy on 2026-03-22 (5 stars): Made these today for the first time. The only change I made was to use buttermilk powder and water for the liquid. The taste and texture were fabulous! The dough was so soft and pillowy. I will say I ended up making a second batch because I only got 3 biscuits out of my first batch. Left them in the fridge until the hubs got up. Also, my oven has an issue getting to the right temperature so I baked them on convection for the full 15 mins. I am a pretty good cook but have never been able to make good biscuits but these turned out super fantastic! Very excited to have a go-to biscuit recipe for biscuits & gravy!
Sophie on 2026-03-22 (5 stars): I cannot recommend this recipe enough. I've made it three times so far and it's always a hit with the family!!
Jenn on 2025-10-27 (5 stars): Perfect recipe to make biscuits for two. It seemed too simple to be true... but came together in no time and baked up light, fluffy and buttery. Thanks for sharing this recipe... it's a keeper!
Cassie on 2025-10-24 (5 stars): The little batch of biscuits were perfect! Had them this morning with homemade blueberry jam and fig jam. To brown the top some just before they were done added a brush of butter to them worked great. Will Definitely use this recipe alot!
C bryan on 2025-09-12 (5 stars): My husband and I thought we weren’t biscuit people…
I’m making my third batch this week. I stumbled upon this recipe when I was wanting a quick, easy, bread to pair up with my breakfast platter craving.
These biscuits took us by surprise. So simple and delicious.
Amelia on 2025-09-01 (5 stars): Thanks for this recipe! I usually make the Budget Bytes 5-ingredient freezer biscuits, but I had a sudden urge for biscuits and didn’t have whipping cream on-hand. These turned out great! Nice to just make enough for today, and a smaller amount of clean-up. I didn’t have whole milk, but I had Carnation instant nonfat dry milk which I mixed with ice cold water and a few tablespoons of sour cream. It worked for me! Nice to not have to run to the store :)
Nanny Wonka on 2025-05-30 (5 stars): Absolutely the BEST small batch recipe. Every review should have FIVE STARS!!! Amazing flavor and super easy. Thank you!
Lil on 2025-04-14 (5 stars): Oh these are so good, easy, and just what I was looking for. Perfect I used my grater on the butter worked out well. It's now my go to biscuits
