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100% Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

These light and fluffy buttermilk biscuits are such a great carb. Perfect with any meal or even on their own. I just love them for breakfast!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: whole wheat, whole wheat baking, whole wheat biscuits, whole wheat biscuits no sugar
Servings: 8
Author: Amy Sandidge

Equipment

  • food processor or pastry cutter

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups whole wheat flour I love to use white winter wheat for this recipe. I have been able to find it at my local Winco bulk bins.
  • 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, chilled and cut in ¾-1 inch chunks Don't stress about these sizes being perfect, the food processor makes quick work of this.
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees on convection if you have it. Line a baking sheet with parchment or spray if you prefer.

Food processor method:

  • Add flour, salt, and baking powder to a food processor. Pulse to combine. Add in the chilled butter and pulse again about 3 times. The last up is the buttermilk. Pulse until the buttermilk is distributed. Mine took about 4-6 pulses.
  • Sprinkle the surface lightly with flour. Remove the dough to the surface. Lightly flour the top as well. Now, this will be a wet dough but only add as much as you absolutely need. Gently press into a rectangle, about ½ inch thick. Now, fold one-third over the top, then fold the other third over the top. This is a little hard to describe, so check the photos for details.
  • Now, dip your biscuit cutter in flour and start cutting biscuits. Make sure and cut biscuits as close as you are able. Place on prepared pan. Gather the remaining dough and gently press it together, and cut again. Just make sure the new dough is the same thickness as the previous one.
  • Place in oven and bake until biscuits are fully risen and very lightly golden brown on top. about 12-18 minutes. I actually like to turn on broil for just a minute or 2 to get a little darker golden color. If you do this, just keep an eye on them, they can burn quickly.
  • Remove from oven and serve right away. I think biscuits are best served hot!

Hand Method:

  • This is very similar to the food processor, except by hand.
  • Pour flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl. Mix with a fork to combine. Add chilled butter and work with the pastry cutter until it is in small chunks, about ¼ inch chunks.
  • Last, add the buttermilk. You can mix this with a fork if you want. It will be a little bit of wet dough, so don't worry about it.
  • Next, cut biscuits and bake biscuits as described above.

Video

Notes

  • Keep it cold- Use cold ingredients. In order to get those light-layered biscuits, you have to start with chilled butter and buttermilk. You want those butter chunks whole when they go in the oven, so you have to work quickly. If you have a few extra minutes, chilling the bowl itself in the fridge for 10-15 minutes can help keep heat out of the dough.
  • Preheat the oven-I love to bake these on convection, about 400-425 degrees. Cooking them too low will result in the butter melting before the structure of the biscuit is formed and will make them turn out more flat. The high heat begins cooking them quickly so all the pockets created by the butter rise upwards instead of out.
  • Use the tri fold method-The fold method will give you the lofty, high biscuits you desire. I will show what this looks like in the photos below.