Biscuits

By Paula Deen

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Y’all, people always talk about my love of butter, my crispy fried chicken, and my gooey mac and cheese, but did you know that my mostShow more

Y’all, people always talk about my love of butter, my crispy fried chicken, and my gooey mac and cheese, but did you know that my most popular recipe is actually my classic biscuit recipe? Year after year, it’s my most-searched recipe! Next time you need a biscuit to pair with your supper, I hope you’ll choose one of these. Have you tried any of my biscuit recipes? I’d love to hear which is your favorite, friends!

Difficulty: Easy

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 12 minutes

Servings: about 3 dozen biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons cubed butter
3/4 cup (more or less if needed) milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 °F.

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal.

Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle. Knead dough with your fingers and add milk when necessary. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter.

Butter bottom of skillet and place biscuits in pan. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.