Kentucky Biscuits Recipe (Easy American Biscuits)
Kentucky-style American biscuits recipe: a quick baking powder dough you mix in minutes and bake fast. With a short ingredient list and clear how to make steps, you’ll get tender biscuits ready to serve warm.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Preheat and prep
Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Line a baking sheet with parchment or lightly grease it.
Mix the dry ingredients
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder until evenly combined.
Cut in the shortening
Add the vegetable shortening. Use your fingertips or a pastry cutter to work it in until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs with small pea-size bits.
Add milk and bring the dough together
Pour in the cold milk and stir just until a shaggy dough forms. Stop as soon as it comes together to keep the biscuits tender.
Shape and cut
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently fold 2–3 times, then pat to about 2 cm (3/4 in) thick. Cut out 9 rounds with a glass or cutter.
Bake
Place the biscuits on the tray and bake for about 13 minutes, until lightly golden on top. Serve warm.