These Flaky Whole Wheat Biscuits are tender and are made with wholesome ingredients, making them guilt free. Plus they require one bowl and take only 2o minutes! These biscuits will be a family favorite for sure!
Weekends are for carb loading.
Amiright?
What is it about weekends that I want all the beautiful carbs? From happy hour bruschetta on Fridays, to margaritas with endless chips and queso, to Sunday mornings filled with all the gooey cinnamon rolls and all the tender, flaky biscuits possible. What is it about carbs that just make a girl giddy?
Growing up, there was always a carb on our dinner table. Most of the time, we had the pillsbury dough boy to thank for that; but every now and then, it was my Mom’s homemade Italian bread. Those dinners started my love affair of bread and butter. Or butta, if you will.
The steaming, tender biscuits and croissants was where my little hands went first. And kept going back for. Thank goodness I had a sky high metabolism because I surely ate my weight in carbs. And ice cream…
Now that I run my own kitchen, our dinners aren’t graced with carby goodness most evenings unless we have guests. We are fancy like that. So when the holiday’s approached, I wanted to step up my biscuit game and forgo the prepackage biscuits that I was believed that was all I could handle. Boy was I wrong.
Why did I think making biscuits was difficult? I am kicking myself for not making them sooner in life. I have seriously been missing out.
These babies:
Have crispy exteriors.
Super soft, tender layers.
Oh so flaky.
Slightly buttery.
Wholesome.
Nutty.
Stupid easy and quick to make.
And are perfect spread with a bit of jelly, peanut butter or with your sandwich favs!
I went with whole wheat flour here to make them a bit more heart healthy and guilt free. They are slightly nutty due to the whole wheat flour. They puff up wonderfully making them the ideal way to start your day, end your day and just get you through the day!
Now, just slather a bit of butta on that biscuit and call it good!
Tools I used to make this recipe:
Megan
Yields 11
These Flaky Whole Wheat Biscuits are tender and are made with wholesome ingredients, making them guilt free. Plus they require one bowl and take only 2o minutes! These biscuits will be a family favorite for sure!
10 minPrep Time
10 minCook Time
20 minTotal Time
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- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) cold butter
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk (or milk of choice)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- In a stand mixer with paddle attachment or a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well with a whisk or fork.
- Cut the butter into little small pieces and sprinkle over the flour mixture.
- Mix the flour and butter together until the butter resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the milk and mix together just until combined, being careful not to overmix. Knead the dough with your hands 8 to 10 times, then turn the dough out onto a floured counter or cutting board.
- Pat the dough out flat with your hands until it’s about 1/2 inch thick. If the dough sticks to your fingers, sprinkle a little flour on the top and bottom. If it’s too dry (not holding together), add a splash or two of milk or water.
- Using a cookie/biscuit cutter or upside-down drinking glass, cut out biscuit rounds. (I used a 2 5/8 inch cutter.) Gently press together the remaining dough and continue to cut biscuits, making sure not to handle the dough too much. (I yielded 11 biscuits. So you may have one leftover to munch on!)
- Place the biscuits on an parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until lightly browned. (If using a bigger biscuit cutter, you will need to bake for longer.)
Notes
*Baking time and number of biscuits yielded will depend on biscuit cutter size used.
Nutrition
Looking for more carby treats?
Cinnamon Roll Pull Apart Bread
Dark Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread with Brown Sugar Oatmeal Crunch
Fool Proof Homemade Pretzel Bread
If you make this recipe, make sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #WITHSALTANDWIT. I’d love to see what you are cooking up in your kitchen!
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