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    Home » Recipes » Biscuits

    Published: Sep 8, 2022 by Pate Giltner 3 Comments

    The Quickest and Easiest 3 ingredient Biscuits

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    These are the most delicious, buttery, and, most importantly, easy three-ingredient biscuits!! Minimal ingredients are needed, the dough is made in a food processor, and minimal kneading makes these the easiest and best-tasting biscuits out there!

    Three ingredient biscuits on a pink plate and being drizzled with honey on a red table.

    Why you will love this recipe:

    Easy and convenient is the name of the game for these biscuits! If you are looking for a sweeter and more time-consuming biscuit, try these self-rising biscuits with honey, or for an old-school traditional southern biscuit, try these cat head biscuits! 

    If you are looking for a full breakfast in a biscuit, try these bourbon, honey, and bacon biscuits!

    Each one of these biscuits has a different method and fat-to-flour ratio that helps them reach their delicious biscuit recipe goal. The goal for these biscuits is to be easy, convenient, and delicious (and so much better and healthier than using canned biscuits)! 

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    • About this recipe:
    • Key Ingredients:
    • Instructions
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    • Equipment
    • Tips for success:
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    • Looking for more biscuit recpies?! Check these out
    • The Quickest and Easiest 3 ingredient Biscuits

    About this recipe:

    • Taste - Buttery!
    • Texture - fluffy, tender, and a little crumbly. They still hold together in your hand and keep their shape while eating.
    • Effort - Easy, the dough is made in a food processor, so you don't even have to cut in the butter!
    • Time - about 30 minutes from start to finish!
    The ingredients for three ingredient biscuits on a red table.

    Key Ingredients:

    Self Rising Flour: a low-protein self-rising flour like White Lily or Weisenberger Mills makes these biscuits rise and makes them incredibly tender. White Lily and Weisenberger Mills flour are more similar to pastry flour than regular all-purpose flour because of their low protein content. This kind of flour makes a lighter crumb, which is very beneficial for biscuits. Self-rising flour is also helpful because it already has rising agents and salt blended into the flour. 

    Buttermilk: Buttermilk is also key to a good biscuit. Buttermilk contains acid, which, when combined with the baking powder, helps the dough to rise. Buttermilk also helps to keep the dough tender and soft and adds a tangy flavor to the dough.

    Butter: Butter is the fat that provides richness and flavor to the biscuits. Using high-fat flavorful butter is key; my favorite is Kerry Gold. The butter flavor really shines through and is what gives these biscuits most of their taste, so if you were ever going to splurge on good butter, this is the time.  

    See recipe card for quantities.

    Instructions

    A food processor with grated butter in the bowl.

    Step 1: Add the butter to a food processor with the grating attachment and grate.

    Add the flour to the grated butter.

    Step 2: Switch to the standard blend attachment and blend the self-rising flour with the butter.

    Add the buttermilk the flour butter mixture in the food processor.

    Step 3: Add the buttermilk to the mixture.

    Step 4: Blend until a light dough forms. 

    Pinch off pieces of the dough and place on a lined baking sheet.

    Step 5: Grab small handfuls of dough and place them on a lined baking sheet. Brush with melted butter.

    Three ingredient biscuits on a pink plate and being drizzled with honey on a red table.

    Step 6: and bake at 450 for 15-25 minutes based on how big your biscuits are.

    Hint: Use very cold butter and buttermilk for extra fluffy and flakey biscuits.

    Substitutions

    If you don't have self-rising flour, you can make some by adding rising agents to pastry or cake flour. Add 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt for each cup of cake/pastry flour.

    Do not substitute for all-purpose flour. The biscuits will come out dense; if you are looking for biscuits made with all-purpose flour, try these buttermilk and honey biscuits.

    Equipment

    • Food processor to make the dough. If you don't have a food processor you can add the flour to a mixing bowl and press the butter into the flour, then stir in the buttermilk.
    • Parchment paper. This is a sticky dough and using parchment makes for an easy clean up and makes sure your biscuits dont stick to the baking sheet.
    • Baking sheet to bake the biscuits.
    Split three ingredient biscuits with two sliced of butter on a pink plate and being drizzled with honey on a red table.

    Tips for success:

    • Use very cold butter and buttermilk. 
    • Freeze unbaked cut biscuits in a seeped zip lock and bake whenever you want biscuits! They keep unbaked in the freezer for 3 months!!
    • Handle the dough as little as possible. Overhandled dough will result in tough and gummy biscuits. 
    • Place the biscuits right next to each other on the lined baking sheet. This will help them to rise. 
    • Serve with homemade bourbon honey butter from this recipe for a real treat.

    FAQ's

    Can I use all-purpose flour?

    If you don't have self-rising flour, you can make some by adding rising agents to pastry or cake flour. Add 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt for each cup of cake/pastry flour.

    Can I freeze these biscuits?

    Yes!! For best results, freeze the cut but unbaked biscuits in an air-tight container for up to three months. Then just bake from frozen!

    How to store this recipe?

    Store the baked biscuits at room temperature in an air-tight container for up to 2 days.

    Looking for more biscuit recpies?! Check these out

    • The Best Bisquick Buttermilk Biscuits
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    Three ingredient biscuits on a pink plate and being drizzled with honey on a red table.

    The Quickest and Easiest 3 ingredient Biscuits

    ★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
    • Author: Pate Giltner
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 minutes
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 6-10 1x
    • Category: Biscuits
    • Method: Baking
    • Cuisine: Southern American
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    These are the most delicious, buttery, and, most importantly, easy three-ingredient biscuits!! 


    Ingredients

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    • 2 ¾ cups self-rising flour
    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • ½ cup butter + ¼ cup melted for brushing

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees 
    2. Attach the grating attachment to a food processor and grate the ½ cup butter. 
    3.  Replace the grater with the standard blade attachment and add the self-rising flour to the butter. Pulse until well mixed.
    4. Add in the buttermilk and pulse until a dough forms. 
    5. Pinch off handfuls of the batter and add to a lined baking sheet. You should have between 6-10 biscuits.
    6. Brush with melted butter. 
    7. Bake for 15-25 minutes based on the size of your biscuits. 

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    1. Elizabeth says

      September 08, 2022 at 9:04 pm

      These were the fluffiest biscuits I've ever made!

      ★★★★★

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    2. Anonymous says

      October 02, 2022 at 12:44 pm

      Can they be made without a food processor?

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      • Pate Giltner says

        October 02, 2022 at 1:53 pm

        Absolutely! To switch to a bowl, just cut the butter into pieces and press it into the dough until it is pea-sized. Then mix in the buttermilk until a dough forms.

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    The G&M Kitchen is a recipe blog that specializes in southern baked goods. Here you will find classics like buttermilk and honey biscuits and beautiful show stoppers like strawberry basil cupcakes. While all recipes are inspired by traditional southern classics, they all have a twist or adjustment that elevates them and brings them into the modern age.

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