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Fluffy Biscuits

These Extra-Fluffy Homemade Biscuits are soft, buttery, and tender inside with beautifully golden tops and flaky layers. Made with simple ingredients and regular milk, they’re quick and easy to prepare for breakfast, dinner, or a warm homemade snack. Cold butter and gentle folding help create tall, light biscuits that are especially delicious served warm with butter, honey, or jam.
Course Bread, Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 11 biscuits
Calories 250kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • ¾ cup 1½ sticks very cold unsalted butter
  • 1¼ cups cold whole milk
  • 2 Tbsp melted butter for brushing

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven.
  • Heat your oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Mix the dry ingredients.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
  • Add the cold butter.
  • Cut the butter into small cubes and work it into the flour using your fingertips or a pastry cutter. Stop when you still have lots of pea-sized pieces of butter.
  • Those pieces are important—they melt in the oven and create steam, helping make the biscuits flaky and fluffy.
  • Add the milk.
  • Pour in 1¼ cups cold milk and gently stir until a shaggy dough forms. Don't overmix. If the dough is still very dry, add milk 1 tablespoon at a time.
  • Fold for flaky layers.
  • Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently press it into a rectangle.
  • Fold it into thirds like a letter. Turn it 90°, flatten it gently, and fold it into thirds again.
  • Make them nice and thick.
  • Pat the dough to about 1–1¼ inches thick. Cut out the biscuits with a 2½- to 3-inch biscuit cutter.
  • Push the cutter straight down without twisting.
  • Bake.
  • Place the biscuits on the baking sheet with their sides just touching. Bake for 14–17 minutes, or until tall and golden on top.
  • Finish with butter.
  • Brush the hot biscuits generously with melted butter.

Notes

Nutrition Facts — Per Biscuit

Calories: ~250 kcal
Total Fat: ~13.5 g
Saturated Fat: ~8.3 g
Cholesterol: ~35 mg
Sodium: ~440 mg
Total Carbohydrates: ~28 g
Dietary Fiber: ~1 g
Total Sugars: ~2.5 g
Protein: ~4.5 g

⭐ Extra-fluffy trick

After cutting the biscuits, put them in the freezer for 10 minutes before baking. Keeping that butter extremely cold helps create a fantastic rise when the biscuits hit the 425°F oven.
For the softest result, I recommend whole milk, but 2% milk will work too.