Old Fashioned Southern Biscuits Recipe Without Buttermilk
Craving those flaky delicious homemade old fashioned Southern biscuits without buttermilk? We’ve made it easy for you to make these traditional old fashioned southern biscuits recipe without buttermilk from scratch. You won’t believe how easy these butter Southern biscuits with self-rising flour are to make.
There’s nothing more fulfilling than hot flaky buttery biscuits just out of the oven, right? Old fashioned southern style biscuits literally melt in the mouth with every bite, not to mention they can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or alongside any meal.
As I mentioned, I’ve made this foolproof homemade Southern biscuit recipe as easy as possible by simply using only 4 ingredients, Self-rising flour, salted butter, milk, and sugar. Southern biscuits with self-rising flour
Ready to make these homemade flaky old-fashioned Southern biscuits? Let’s do it!
Ingredients For Old Fashioned Southern Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose self-rising flour (240 grams)
- 6 tablespoons salted butter, cold (1/3 cup or 85 grams) plus some for brushing on top
- 2 teaspoon sugar (8 grams)
- 1 cup milk (240 grams)
How To Make Old-Fashioned Southern Biscuits?
- Preheat the oven to 420°F (215°C) and line a rectangular baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium-size bowl, add the self-rising flour and sugar and mix together using a whisk or spatula.
- Cut the cold butter into small pieces or use a cheese grater and add it to the flour mixture. Mix the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Slowly add the milk and mix together just until the flour absorbs the milk and a dough begins to form.
- Flour a working surface, then transfer the biscuit dough onto it forming a ball.
- Sprinkle some flour onto the top of the biscuit dough and roll out to about 1-inch in thickness.
- using a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out pieces of the biscuit dough and place them onto the baking tray separating them about 3 inches apart.
- Combine the leftover dough by pressing it together and rolling it out again to 1-inch thick. Repeat the cutting process until all the biscuit dough is used up. You should get a total of12 pieces.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 16-18 minutes or until the top of the biscuits are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter.
- Serve and Enjoy!!
Old Fashioned Southern Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose self-rising flour 240 grams
- 6 tablespoons salted butter cold (1/3 cup or 85 grams) plus some for brushing on top
- 2 teaspoon sugar 8 grams
- 1 cup milk 240 grams
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 420°F (215°C) and line a rectangular baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium-size bowl, add the self-rising flour and sugar and mix together using a whisk or spatula.
- Cut the cold butter into small pieces or use a cheese grater and add it to the flour mixture. Mix the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Slowly add the milk and mix together just until the flour absorbs the milk and a dough begins to form.
- Flour a working surface, then transfer the biscuit dough onto it forming a ball.
- Sprinkle some flour onto the top of the biscuit dough and roll out to about 1-inch in thickness.
- using a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out pieces of the biscuit dough and place them onto the baking tray separating them about 3 inches apart.
- Combine the leftover dough by pressing it together and rolling it out again to 1-inch thick. Repeat the cutting process until all the biscuit dough is used up. You should get a total of12 pieces.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 16-18 minutes or until the top of the biscuits are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter.
- Serve and Enjoy!!