Best 3-Ingredient Biscuits
Tall, flaky, buttery Southern biscuits using only self-rising flour, butter, and buttermilk — no rolling, no cutting.
Ingredients
- 2 cups 240 g self-rising flour
- ½ cup 113 g cup cold/frozen butter
- ¾ –1 cup cold buttermilk or heavy cream
Instructions
- 450 °F oven.
- Grate frozen butter into flour → toss.
- Add ¾ cup buttermilk → stir just until shaggy.
- Drop ¼-cup mounds on parchment.
- Bake 12–15 min until golden.
- Brush with melted butter → serve hot.
Notes
- Frozen butter + minimal mixing = max flakes
- Self-rising flour only (or DIY with baking powder)
- Freeze scooped raw dough → bake from frozen +3 min
- Heavy cream = richer version
- Day-old revival: 350 °F 5 min with water sprinkle