12 Biscuit Recipes That Are Flaky as Can Be
To everyone who has made February’s Bake Club recipe, Cheddar Biscuits With Old Bay, I applaud you. The height! The layers! Impeccable. Bravo. This month we learned how folding butter-studded biscuit dough can yield the flakiest, lightest biscuits you’ve ever encountered. This lo-fi lamination technique can be applied to other doughs like pie crust, puff pastry, and even savory breads like roti.
But if you want to keep practicing the skill, as I’m sure you do, I recommend going all in on biscuits. The relatively high amounts of leavening (baking powder and/or baking soda) and liquid (or hydration, if we’re being technical) make this dough much more forgiving than, say, pie crust. A biscuit won’t be picky if you give it an extra generous dusting of flour or forget how many folds you made—it’ll remain equally delicious and fluffy. Here are some of my favorite biscuits from our archives that either use this method directly or take to it well.
Photograph by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Prop Styling by Christina Allen, Food Styling by Micah Morton2/12Cheddar Biscuits With Old Bay
Photograph by Joe Lingeman, Food Styling by Liberty Fennell, Prop Styling by Maggie DiMarco6/12Garlic Bread Biscuits
Photograph by Emma Fishman, Food styling by Susie Theodorou, Prop styling by Sophie Leng8/12Stuffing Biscuits
Packing these flaky biscuits with classic stuffing flavors (sage, rosemary, fennel seed, and scallion) means you can bring Thanksgiving to your table any time of year.
Photograph by Maggie Shannon10/12Buttermilk Biscuits With Curry Gravy
LA’s Yangban Society reimagined biscuits and gravy to feature lofty buttermilk biscuits and a rich gravy made with store-bought curry roux blocks.
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Thu Buser, Prop Styling by Sean Dooley11/12Cajun Chicken Gravy and Biscuits
Photo by Alex Lau, Food Styling by Sue Li12/12Cherry Biscuit Cobbler
Nothing soaks up sauce better than a great biscuit recipe. Here, that sauce is a glossy sweet cherry filling flavored with cinnamon and almond extract. Don’t forget the ice cream.
