Southern Style Biscuits

Steps to make

1. 1

   Preheat the oven

   2 min

   Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with nonstick parchment paper.

2. 2

   Combine the dry ingredients

   2 min
   

   In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.

4. 3

   Cut the butter into the flour

   4 min
   

   Remove the butter from the refrigerator. Use a pastry cutter or grater to cut or shred the butter into the flour, and continue cutting it in until the mixture starts to look like rough crumbs.

5. 4

   Add the milk

   1 min
   

   Pour in the milk and use a wooden spoon to gradually stir in and combine into a dough.

6. 5

   Knead the dough

   5 min
   

   Dust your work surface with flour and tip the biscuit dough onto it. Flour your hands and start to bring the dough together. Start to knead the dough, folding it in half and then pushing down to bring the layers together, before rotating by 90 degrees and repeating the process. Repeat 5-6 times.

7. 6

   Cut the biscuits

   3 min
   

   Using your hands, flatten the dough until it is about an inch thick. Dust a 2 ¾ inch round biscuit cutter with flour and start to cut biscuits from the dough. Place each biscuit on the baking tray, leaving a half inch gap between them. Cut as many biscuits as you can, before bringing the remnants of the dough together, flattening and cutting a couple more. You should have at least 6.

8. 7

   Bake the biscuits

   12 min
   

   Bake the biscuits for 12 minutes, until they start to turn golden brown on top.

9. 8

   Serving Southern Style Biscuits

   1 min
   

   Remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter before serving.