These flaky butter biscuits will take the top spot of any homemade biscuit recipe collection! Especially with their layers of buttery goodness and pillowy soft center. Sweet fruit jams, savory chicken or fish, and even peanut butter and jelly all love being in a biscuit! ❤️

Ingredient List

How to Make Butter Biscuits

Make the Biscuit Dough

Dry Ingredients – Sift flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. (Photo 1) Add Butter – Quickly grate frozen butter into the flour mixture to evenly distribute the fat for light biscuits. Or cut the butter in with a pastry blender until it resembles coarse crumbs. Buttermilk – Make a well in the center of the bowl, pour in the buttermilk or milk, and stir until it just comes together. Don’t overmix! (You want the butter to stay in tiny chunks for flakiness.) (Photo 2) Chill – Let it rest in the fridge for about 10 minutes while you prepare your surface. Knead – Sprinkle flour onto your clean work surface. Remove dough from the fridge, place it on the board, and knead 3-4 times, just enough to come together. You’ll still see flakes of butter in the dough. (Photos 3-4) Roll – Gently, gently pat the dough or roll it to around ½″ thick. Fold the dough and repeat the folding process 6-8 times to ensure flakiness, but go easy on the rolling process. After folding, gently press the dough to 1-inch thick. (Photo 5)

Make the Biscuits

Preheat oven to 400°F (205℃). Cut – Use a 2- or 3-inch, round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass to cut out the biscuits. Firmly push it straight down, then pull it straight up. Use your fingers to gently loosen the biscuits from the cutter and space them out equally on your greased baking sheet. (Photo 6) Finishing – Knead leftover dough scraps and repeat until it’s all used up. The last few might not look as pretty as the first ones, but they’ll pass a taste test. (Photo 7) Brush lightly with buttermilk or cream. (Photo 8) Bake biscuits at 400°F (205℃) for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. While it is baking, melt the butter. Serve – Remove the butter biscuits from the oven, brush them with melted butter, and serve.

Recipe Variations

Tips and Tricks

Make-Ahead and Serving Instructions

For making ahead:

Cut out the biscuits, transfer them to a baking sheet, and cover them with plastic wrap. Refrigerate them for 2-3 days or freeze them for 2-3 months. Transfer the frozen biscuits to a resealable freezer-safe bag and take out as many or as few as you want to bake.

When ready to bake, pop them in the oven, and they’ll be ready in no time. Perfect for busy mornings, snacks, or midnight cravings.

What to Serve With Butter Biscuits

You’ll love these butter biscuits with clotted cream, creme anglaise, lemon curd, or chocolate gravy for a snack or dessert. Southern baked mac and cheese and collard greens deliver a classic Southern comfort food dinner.

More Super Easy Biscuit Recipes to Try

Watch How to Make It

[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=”jsOx8ut3″ upload-date=”2022-03-30T16:00:00.000Z” name=”Butter Biscuits” description=”Butter Biscuits – You only need six essential baking ingredients to make these buttery, flaky, melt-in-your-mouth with incredibly soft center biscuits from scratch. Such a delightful treat with irresistible melt-in-your-mouth goodness with every bite. ” player-type=”collapse” override-embed=”false”] This blog post was first published in March 2022 and has been updated with additional tips, new photos, and a video

Butter Biscuits - 54Butter Biscuits - 73Butter Biscuits - 42Butter Biscuits - 8Butter Biscuits - 70Butter Biscuits - 85Butter Biscuits - 19Butter Biscuits - 66