Self-Rising Flour Biscuits

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Enjoy quick and easy self-rising flour biscuits in just minutes! Only three ingredients and you're set for a treat in the bread basket.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: biscuits

Calories: 164kcal

Cost: $3

Preheat the oven to 425 °. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silpat mat.
In a large mixing bowl, toss together the flour and butter, working it together with a pastry blender or fork until pea sized lumps are formed. Add the buttermilk and stir until a shaggy dough forms.
2 cup self-rising flour, ⅓ cup butter, ⅔ cup buttermilk
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead lightly until smooth.
Flatten to a ¾-inch thickness. Cut into squares or circles. Place biscuits on prepared sheet and brush with melted butter. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
1 tablespoon melted butter for brushing over tops

You can freeze biscuits baked or unbaked.

If baked, allow them to cool completely before placing in a ziptop freezer bag. Remove the air and seal. Store in the freezer for up to a month.
If unbaked, place the baking sheet of cut biscuits in the freezer until firm. Once firm, transfer to an airtight container. To bake, remove as many as you want to freeze from the freezer and bake from frozen, according to the recipe instructions.

Nutritional values are approximate and based on 1 biscuit.

Variations

To make drop biscuits: use 1 to 1 ¼ cups buttermilk. Instead of kneading the biscuits, drop it by large spoonfuls on the baking sheet.
For thicker biscuits: flatten to 1 to 1 ½-inch thickness prior to cutting. This will yield fewer, larger biscuits.
To use regular flour: if you don't have self rising flour, you can use regular, all-purpose flour. To do so, use 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt.
To make cheesy biscuits: Stir in ½ cup shredded cheese into the biscuit mixture.
For softer biscuits: bake them in a metal baking pan with their sides touching.