These Buttermilk Drop Biscuits are just as light and fluffy taste as homemade but you can make them in a fraction of the time. (And no rolling pin required!)

Closeup on a white serving bowl filled with Buttermilk Drop Biscuits sitting in front of a red table linen and a white butter dish.

Do you have a hankering for biscuits for dinner tonight but don’t have time to make them from scratch.  These Buttermilk Drop Biscuits have the same light and fluffy taste as homemade but you can make them in a fraction of the time.  (And no rolling pin required.) A riff on our Classic Buttermilk Biscuits, the biscuits from this recipe have the same great taste but require a lot less time in the kitchen. So winner, winner who wants biscuits with chicken dinner?

How to Make the Biscuit Dough

Collage image showing the steps for making the biscuit dough.

Step 1: Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt to a mixing bowl and mix until combined.
Step 2: Add the very cold cubed butter to the flour mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, mix the butter into the flour into it is combined.
Step 3: In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and the buttermilk until combined.
Step 4: Add the buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour.

Collage image of the biscuit dough coming together in the bowl and after it has been kneaded.

Step 5: Stir the drop biscuit dough only until the flour and the liquid are combined.  Do not over stir!
Step 6: In the bowl, gently knead the dough 5-6 times until a ball forms. Do not over knead.

Baking Instructions

Collage image showing a cookie sheet filled with Buttermilk Drop Biscuits before it goes in the oven and after it comes out of the oven.

Step 7: Use a spoon to drop equal portions of the biscuit dough onto a prepared cookie sheet. (We used parchment paper.). You should get approximately 12 biscuits.
Step 8: Bake the biscuits in an oven preheated to 425 degrees for approximately 10 minutes. The biscuits are ready when the outside of the biscuits are slightly golden brown on the top.

Closeup on a blue pastry brush brushing melted butter on the Drop Biscuits that just came out of the oven.

Step 9: For a little something extra, brush melted butter on the top of the biscuits as soon as you remove them from the oven. Delish!

Closeup on a stack of Buttermilk Drop Biscuits in a basket with a red towel next to a butter dish.

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Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

Yield 12 biscuits
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

These Buttermilk Drop Biscuits are just as light and fluffy taste as homemade but you can make them in a fraction of the time. (And no rolling pin required!)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 cup Butter (Cold, Cubed Sweet Cream Salted)
  • 3/4 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 large Egg

Instructions

  1. Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt to a mixing bowl and mix until combined.
  2. Add the very cold cubed butter to the flour mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, mix the butter into the flour into it is combined.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and the buttermilk until combined.
  4. Add the buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour.
  5. Stir the drop biscuit dough only until the flour and the liquid are combined.  Do not over stir!
  6. In the bowl, gently knead the dough 5-6 times until a ball forms. Do not over knead.
  7. Use a spoon to drop equal portions of the biscuit dough onto a prepared cookie sheet. (We used parchment paper.). You should get approximately 12 biscuits.
  8. Bake the biscuits in an oven preheated to 425 degrees for approximately 10 minutes. The biscuits are ready when the outside of the biscuits are slightly golden brown on the top.
  9. For a little something extra, brush melted butter on the top of the biscuits as soon as you remove them from the oven. Delish!

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!