There are so many reasons why I love these biscuits. First of all, they are super easy to make and no special equipment (like a rolling pin or biscuit cutter) is needed. It takes no more than 15 or 20 minutes to make them from mixing the dough to pulling them out of the oven. Then once they are done they are moist and flaky and so tasty (c’mon, look at the picture – you know you want one!). And the best part is that they freeze and reheat beautifully (I just throw the frozen biscuits in the toaster oven on the bake setting). So make a big batch, freeze a bunch in a gallon zip lock freezer bag, and then the next time you want to add a biscuit to your breakfast, lunch or dinner they are ready to go. It honestly couldn’t be easier…so go ahead and throw away that refrigerated tube of dough you bought from the grocery store!
Super Easy Whole Wheat Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour or whole-wheat pastry flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter cold, unsalted
- 1 cup milk any kind
Instructions
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In a medium sized bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well with whisk or fork.
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Cut the ½ stick butter into little pea sized pieces and then mix the pieces into the flour mixture.
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Using a fork, try to mash the butter pieces as you mix it together with the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs. It is okay if the outcome just looks like the same pea sized pieces of butter covered with flour.
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Then pour in the milk and mix it all together. Knead the dough with your hands 8 to 10 times and then turn out onto a counter or cutting board.
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Pat it out flat with your hands until the dough is a somewhat even ¾-inch thickness (sprinkle with a little flour if necessary).
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Turn a drinking glass upside down and cut out biscuit rounds. I have also used shaped cookie cutters (like a heart or star) if you have little ones helping you!
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Then put them on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10 – 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
We recommend organic ingredients when feasible.
I suggest a tip when you reheat your biscuits in oven. Spritzing the biscuits with water when reheating them in the oven, since the moisture from water can moisten the biscuits like they were before.
I just made these and they were the best whole wheat biscuits I’ve made. I recommend leaving them a little thicker. I was careless when I rolled out the dough and some were thicke. Those rose very well and the thinner ones barely rose at all. Very easy to throw together. Easier than pancakes.
Thank you so much! This is my go-to recipe for whole wheat biscuits. I love the simplicity of it. Mine always rise and are a hit in my house. I do add a couple of tablespoons of honey with the milk, though, because I love the taste of honey and wheat together.
These always turn out so good. My go to recipe for biscuits!!
These came out great! Golden brown and they rose sky high. I got 10 biscuits out of the recipe. I love that it’s so simple. I love biscuits with home made chicken (or turkey) soup. Can’t wait to have one tonight with my turkey soup.
A little tip I learned, use a cheese grater to ‘cut’ up your butter into the flour. Then just stir gently with a fork!
Just made these for the first time. Yummy! Finally, a biscuit recipe that actually turns out well. Tip – do not roll the dough. Just pat it into a square and cut biscuits into squares to maximize the dough mixture. I used reduced-fat buttermilk. Awesome!
Can light butter with canola oil be used, since its not a stick can it be melted and added in with the milk? Ive never really baked before, but am trying really really hard to give
up white flour, guess im gonna have to learn fast!
In this case the butter is important to the texture of the biscuits. If you want to us coconut oil in it’s solid form, it won’t be the same, but it will be closer than olive oil. I suppose if you refrigerator the olive oil, or freeze it… you would have to be quick because the olive oil melts quickly.
I loved these biscuits they were the best ever I added half cup oats