I had almost forgotten. Then I got sick. A flu-like respiratory virus, during the hottest days of summer. Feverish, achy, unable to smell or taste, I’d hardly eaten for days. Then it came. The stirrings of actual hunger. What could I possibly want to fill that food craving? A nice healthy salad? Bowl of soup? Although I was hungry, none of those sounded good.
Then I remembered these biscuits that I’d apparently forgotten since cooler days – and I felt like I could eat whole pan – or, as my Dad would call it – the “your eyes are bigger than your stomach” syndrome. I had to make them! But, truly, these biscuits are all you desire in a biscuit sometimes – scrumptious, buttery, homemade and so easy you almost hate to admit these are the Easiest Homemade Biscuits Ever!
Now you’ve probably seen this recipe before. Entitled “Butter Dip Biscuits”, it’s been travelling the internet superhighway for a while and from what I gather, it is a reincarnation of a Betty Crocker recipe from years ago. The Betty that lives at my house doesn’t have this one. I first saw it at The Country Cook, and added a bit of salt to the dough which she did not include. Most recipes make these in an 8×8 square Pyrex pan, probably because they are prettier and definitely more evenly-sized that way.
My family happens to like the crunchier crust created by the cast-iron pan, so that is how I make them. These biscuits are nothing like my Best Buttermilk Biscuits, which contain layers and layers of beautiful and buttery biscuit goodness, but these are light and fluffy buttery biscuit goodness, similar to that of a drop biscuit. So they are the perfect biscuit for soups, stews, gravy or anything with a sauce. And did I mention they are E-A-S-Y? Flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, buttermilk. Mix it together. Melt butter in a pan. Spread that batter. Bake. Yum!
So if you are experiencing “your eyes are bigger than your stomach” syndrome, please, feel free to join me and make the Easiest Homemade Biscuits Ever. Enjoy!
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These light and fluffy biscuits will become your go-too biscuit for soups and stews or Biscuits and Gravy! So easy and so yummy!
I adapted this recipe slightly from The Country Cook.
Special equipment: either a cast iron skillet or 8×8 Pyrex pan.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 9 biscuits 1x
- Method: Baking
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 c AP Flour
- 1 1/2 T Granulated Sugar
- 1 1/2 T Baking Powder
- 2 t Salt
- 1 3/4 C Buttermilk
- 4 0z. (1 Stick) Salted Butter
Instructions
Preheat oven
- Preheat oven to 425F. If using cast iron skillet, preheat the pan as well. When oven is preheated, melt butter in the castiron pan. If not using castiron, melt butter in 8×8 Pyrex baking pan. Set aside.
Prepare dough
- In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt. Stir in buttermilk. Batter will be wet and sticky.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Use an knife or off-set knife to smooth the top of the batter. Some of the melted butter will be rising to the top of the batter – don’t worry, this is good!
- Using a sharp knife, mark lines about 1″ deep to seperate the biscuits. (No need to be super-precise here – it just helps divide the biscuits later!) If pan is square, make 9 squares, if using castiron, I still make 9 biscuits, although they are of several sizes.
Bake
- Place in preheated oven until biscuits are golden on the top and if you touch them with your fingers or a knife they feel firm, about 20-25 if using the preheated castiron pan, or 25-30 minutes in a Pyrex pan.
Notes
These biscuits are great with butter and honey or jam!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/9 recipe
- Calories: 250
Oh, I am a sucker for a good biscuit! I grew up in the South, and buttermilk biscuits are a thing of beauty down there. This post totally reminds me of the breakfasts I ate as a kid at my grandparents’ house out in the country. I love quick and easy biscuits, and I’m right there with ya when it comes to the crispy edges! I could eat that whole skillet! 🙂
Yes, I completely agree, there is a reverence for a good biscuit in the South! I lived in NC briefly and learned what I had previously considered a biscuit was something more like a hockey puck than a proper biscuit! And, there’s more than one kind of biscuit. But since I was clearly not a native, I really didn’t learn anything about how to make them ? while there. Lucky you to grow up with real Southern biscuits!
i haven’t heard of or tasted butter drip biscuits! they sound awesome though (maybe because of the use of the word butter? ?). the part that sounds best about this recipe is the lack of need to roll them out; clean up after rolling out and shaping biscuits is probably the worst part lol.
You are so right! No rolling = the only mess is in the mixing bowl! The only thing to love more than that is a yummy biscuit! (Or 3…)
These look so comforting – like a big hug for your belly!
That’s a great description – and we all need that sometimes!
These look so good right now! With a huge pat of butter I could make dinner out of biscuits alone. I love that you make them in a skillet! I’ve never done that before and must try SOON! Have a great weekend, Laura!
Thanks, Kelsie! They do make a fine dinner if I say so myself! Have a our week, too!