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Only 1 in every 5 of my attempts to bake from scratch comes out successful. That’s up from 1 out of 6 a few years ago, but still not anything to brag about. So, the more I can use my bread machine, the better. And it’s even better when what I make comes out fantastic, like these bread machine southern biscuits. They have a great buttery flavor, light texture and smell absolutely divine. Now, they aren’t super light and flaky like dough you’d make by hand (if you weren’t me that is) but they are a great substitute for those biscuits you get in a tube, that’s for sure!
Great Biscuits Make For Better Days
You can substitute maple syrup for the honey and end up with the perfect biscuit for a sausage breakfast sandwich. And of course, bread machine southern biscuits are perfect for the best thing ever made, deep fried biscuits. Oh yes!
Slather these bad boys with some bacon jam and you’ll be in for a real treat!
Bread Machine Southern Biscuits
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup milk
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons active dry yeast
Instructions
- Place the ingredients into your bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. For mine, I begin with the wet ingredients and then add the dry.
- Process on the dough cycle until done.
- Remove dough from bread machine and roll out until 1/2″ thick. Try to not over-work the dough.
- Cut into desired sizes and transfer to a buttered sheet pan.
- Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Bake biscuits for 15 minutes or until lightly golden in color.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
What a cool baking experiment! The texture looks great, and a million times better than tube biscuits! I never would have thought of making biscuits in a bread maker.
My bread machines dough cycle gets warm for two rises. Isn’t that enough for biscuits?
I would think so. Worth a try!
Regards,
Mike
Made it loved it exactly the way you directed!
Can you refrigerate after cutting out biscuits if you don’t plan to cook immediately?
Well, I’ve not done that but I would think it’d be ok. You might want to let it come to room temperature before baking.
Regards,
Mike
Do you use “Fast Rising Yeast“ or “Active Dry Yeast”?
I use active dry yeast and not the fast rising.
Regards
Mike
Just made these. Every step was just like you said. The rising was beautiful too. Can not wait to eat them.
Can you use bread flour?
Keeping in mind that I am not a baker, and my baking success rate is generally pretty low… but, I think you can sub bread flour. My understanding is that you can usually use it in place of all purpose flour but because of the increased amount of protein in bread flour, you might have to add a bit more liquid. So I would see if it’s too dry as it’s mixing and if so, perhaps add a splash more of milk.
Hope that helps. Let me know your results. It’s a good question.
Regards
Mike
I made the biscuits with bread flour. They are delicious. They came out so light and fluffy. Thank you 🙂
That’s fantastic! Thank you for letting me know.
I’m making these now. I am using bread flour as well! Can not wait to try them.
I hope they turn you great for you!
Regards,
Mike
Can you freeze them before baking if you want to make batches in bulk?
I honestly don’t know Laurinda. I suspect that that would work but I’m not sure if they’d rise enough or not.
Regards
Mike
I’m terrified of the tube biscuits. I have had them explode in my hand. Also they taste like baking powder. Homemade so much better. I’m
Making today to eat with homemade stew
Here in frigid Montana on the Lake
Thanks
I’m
Sure they will be marvelous.
Hope they come out great! I’m with you on the exploding tubes!
Mike
Making them now. Cheesy garlic ones.
Can’t wait. Bread Machine and dough doing the Tango right now. !
Should i use spray oil or butter on the baking pan?
The sheet pan is buttered. See step #4. Hopefully that helps.
Regards,
Mike
I just made these they came out soft like a dinner roll, they sure taste good. I never had biscuits come out of the oven thus soft.
Very good recipe! Easy with the bread machine. Could have been a little sweeter, but that’s my taste. I made rolls instead of biscuits because I love a sandwich on a roll. Put some butter on top right before baking and they were a nice brown on top. I’ve been baking for 50+ years and this is a keeper. I did use all purpose flour like mom did with all baked goods. YUM
I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for your comments. I admit, I like them a bit sweeter too!
Regards
Mike
I made this with bread flour and basically just got dinner rolls…
Can you use self rising flour and omit the active dry yeast?
Hi. To be honest, I’m not sure you’d get the same results. I can’t say for sure. I’ve never tried substituting self-rising for flour with yeast added. I’d give it a try though. I’m just not sure it’d rise as well.
Regards and good luck,
Mike