No Milk Biscuit Recipe
Tender, flaky and delicious biscuits without milk! You can make them in less than 60 minutes with just 5 ingredients. If you’ve been looking for an easy butter biscuit recipe with no milk, then this is the one for you.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter cold
- ¾ cup cold water
Instructions
- Combine 2 cups all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the bowl of your food processor. Add 1/2 cup cold, cubed butter to the dry ingredients and pulse 5 - 8 times, until the mixture starts to look coarse and crumbly. (See notes for directions without food processor)
- Add 3/4 cup cold water to the bowl of the food processor and pulse to combine, another 5-8 times, avoid overmixing at this point.
- Turn the dough onto a floured surface and press the dough together. Knead slightly, if required, but the dough should be somewhat dry and crumbly,
- Press the dough into a rectangle, then into thirds, short edges into the middle. Rotate a quarter turn, press the dough into a rectangle and fold again.
- Cut the biscuits as desired.
- Gently transfer the biscuits to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Pop the biscuits in the fridge for 20-30 minutes while the oven preheats!
- Preheat oven to 425f.
- Once the oven has reached the temperature, remove the biscuits and bake them on the second from the top rack at 425f for 15-20 minutes, or until golden.
- Serve warm!
Notes
Expert Tips
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- Keep your butter cold. It's the most important part of this process. Cold butter actually steams inside the buns creating that irresistible flaky texture you just can't beat!
- To help keep the butter nice and cold, we're using ice cold water. This is important, as handling the dough with warm hands will start to melt the butter, and we can mitigate some of that by using super cold water.
- Flaky layers are the direct result of the pat and fold technique. Avoid using a rolling pin if possible! Pat the biscuit dough into a rectangle, fold the short sides into the center, then repeat.
