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3 Ingredient Homemade Biscuits (No Milk)

Want to learn how to make 3 ingredient biscuits without milk? Save money by making your own nutritious biscuits! You can quickly whip up these mouth-watering biscuits for any breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Serving Size 12 biscuits

Equipment

  • food processor (You can also use a large bowl and a pastry cutter to mix the ingredients.)
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • spatula
  • half sheet pan/cookie sheet
  • parchment paper
  • Pizza Cutter

Ingredients

  • 3 cups self-rising flour
  • 6 tbsp cold fat (You can use butter, lard, tallow, or even cold, rendered sausage grease or bacon fat.)
  • 1 cup cold water (You can also use apple juice or another clear liquid with a mild flavor. For a supper biscuit, you can use cold chicken bone broth or beef broth.)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C).
  • Add flour and fat to the food processor and pulse 3 to 4 times quickly until the fat is about the size of peas.
  • Then add the liquid (slightly slowly) while your food processor is mixing. You may not need all the liquid depending on what you use. For example, if you're using water or thin juice, you'll need slightly less than 1 cup (about 2-3 Tbsp less). If you're using thick broth, you'll need 1 whole cup.
  • Mix just until the dough comes together into a ball. (This is quick.)
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and dust the paper with flour.
  • Scrape out your biscuit dough onto the parchment paper.
  • Dust your clean hands with flour and gently press and spread the dough into a rectangle shape the best you can. If your hands start to stick, dust them with more flour.
  • Cut the dough with a pizza cutter into 12 biscuits.
  • Spread out the biscuits on the cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 425°F (218°C) for 15 minutes until they are golden brown.