Homemade Biscuits Without Baking Powder

In many households, weekends are the perfect time to sit down with the entire family and enjoy a home-cooked meal. But even during the relaxing weekends, there are other chores and errands to take care of that can restrict you from actually cooking the entire meal from start to finish. Instead of preparing food at home, you end up buying certain items like chicken, dessert, or even biscuits, from the supermarket. Now I can understand that cooking a succulent chicken every time can be tough, but there are certain items which you can master; for example, the biscuits. Instead of purchasing frozen biscuits from the store and reheating them in the oven or microwave, why not find a simple and quick recipe to make biscuits without baking powder. If you're game, then read the rest of the article to find the recipes.

Biscuit Recipes without Baking Powder

In southern states of the United States, baking fresh basket of homemade biscuits is a must. They are often served during meals or eaten as breakfast. In the following section, we will be providing you with not one but two recipes for making homemade biscuits without baking powder. Take a look.

Homemade Biscuits Recipe #1

Ingredients

• 3½ cups self rising flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening

Directions

This recipe is very simple and as you can see, it doesn't require a lot of ingredients or preparation. Also, if you don't have shortening, you can substitute with lard instead. Preheat the oven at 425ºF. You need to sift 3 cups of flour in a bowl big enough to make the dough. Next, add the shortening (or lard) in along with salt and mix well. The flour will now be crumbly to touch. After that, we start adding milk to the flour and mix thoroughly. Knead the dough properly in the bowl. Sprinkle ½ cup flour on the workstation and knead dough on it and make a roll. Use a biscuit cutter to cut at least 2'' rounds to make biscuits. Evenly spread the biscuit rounds on a baking sheet and place into the oven for about 12 to 15 minutes. Once the biscuits are golden brown from the outside, remove from the oven, brush butter on top, and serve them.

Homemade Biscuits Recipe #2

Ingredients

• 3 cups All-purpose flour
• 1½ cup buttermilk
• 1½ teaspoon sugar
• 1½ teaspoon salt
• 1 packet dry yeast
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar

Directions

Preheat the oven at 425ºF. In a bowl, mix sifted all-purpose flour, dry yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda together. Slowly, add buttermilk along with vegetable oil in with the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. With your hands, combine all the ingredients together to make the dough. Use a big spoon and scoop out 2" of dough onto the baking sheet. Put the baking sheet inside the oven for about 12 to 15 minutes. When the biscuits turn golden brown from the outside and remove them. Place a basket and brush them with butter from the outside. Serve hot.

Weren't these two recipes easy? Trust me, you can follow the recipes without making any errors. The preparation for homemade biscuits with baking powder will remain the same. The only difference will be substituting rising agent for baking powder. Apart from cream of tartar and dry yeast, you can even use a Bisquick mixture or cream of tartar to bake them.