2-Ingredient Easy Homemade Biscuits
Fluffy, golden brown, and ready in under 20 minutes, these easy homemade biscuits are the perfect companion to breakfast, dinner, or as a snack with a drizzle of honey butter.
The Easiest Way to Make Biscuits from Scratch
Sometimes you just need a basket of warm biscuits on the table without fussing over dozens of ingredients. Lucky for you, we have this easy homemade biscuit recipe handy. With just two simple ingredients, Pioneer Biscuit and Baking Mix plus milk, you’ll have soft, flaky biscuits ready before the gravy even hits the stove!
This recipe skips the long folding process and pastry cutter, but you’ll still end up with buttery biscuits that rise tall and bake up golden brown in a hot oven. If you’ve ever struggled with tough biscuits, this is the recipe to try. It’s nearly foolproof and delivers the best biscuits with very little effort!
Coincidentally, this is also one of the primary ingredients you’ll need if you’re cookin’ up our Easy Chicken and Dumplings with Biscuits!
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Pioneer Biscuit and Baking Mix
- Milk
Tips for the Best Biscuits
Even though this is an easy recipe, a few small tweaks will give you the best results every time:
- Don’t overmix the dough. Stir just until the flour mixture and milk come together. Overworking biscuit dough can lead to tough biscuits.
- Use a lightly floured work surface. This keeps the dough from sticking while you knead and roll.
- Keep your oven hot. Biscuits need a hot oven (450°F) so they rise quickly and form those beautiful flaky layers.
- Spray the tops with cooking spray or brush with melted butter. This helps them bake up golden brown and extra flavorful.
- Cut straight down with a biscuit cutter. Twisting seals the edges and keeps the biscuits from rising as tall.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Make the Dough
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the Pioneer Biscuit and Baking Mix with milk just until a sticky dough forms. No food processor or pastry blender needed: this is as simple as stirring with a spoon!
2. Knead Lightly
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball. Sprinkle a little flour over the top so it doesn’t stick. Knead the dough three to four times, just enough to bring it together.
3. Roll & Cut
Pat or roll the dough to about ½-inch thickness with a rolling pin. Use a round biscuit cutter or the rim of a glass to cut out biscuits. Gather up the scraps, pat them back together, and cut again until all the dough is used.
4. Bake
Place the biscuits on a greased or parchment paper–lined baking sheet. For golden brown tops, spray lightly with cooking spray or brush with a bit of melted butter.
Bake at 450°F for 10–12 minutes, or until the tops of the biscuits are puffed and golden.
5. Serve Warm
Enjoy these hot biscuits fresh out of the oven. They’re perfect with sausage gravy, honey butter, or alongside a hearty Southwest Chicken Soup or Easy Chicken Stew.
Storage Leftovers
If you end up with leftover biscuits, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days. To reheat, pop them in a 350°F oven for about 5 minutes to bring back that soft, fluffy texture. For longer storage, wrap baked biscuits tightly in plastic wrap and freeze. They’ll keep for up to 2 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Cold buttermilk will give your biscuits a richer flavor and extra-tender crumb.
You can substitute with self-rising flour and a bit of butter or shortening to mimic the mix, though the texture may vary.
Overmixing or adding too much flour is usually the culprit. Handle the dough as little as possible for fluffy biscuits.
Absolutely. Place the dough rounds close together in a greased cast-iron skillet for biscuits with soft edges and golden tops.
They’re delicious any way you slice them: split open with pumpkin butter, drizzled with honey butter, turned into breakfast sandwiches, or served with classic sausage gravy!
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Pioneer Biscuit and Baking Mix
- 1 Cup Milk
Instructions
- Mix ingredients just until dough forms.
- Turn out onto a floured surface and shape into a ball. Sprinkle lightly with flour to prevent sticking. Knead three to four times.
- Pat or roll out to 1/2″ thickness and cut out biscuits.
- Place on a greased baking sheet. I like to spray mine on the top with a bit of cooking spray before baking in a 450-degree oven for ten to twelve minutes.
Coming from south Louisiana we grew up on Pioneer Products, I’ve used them all of my life. Everything you make comes out great!!, My family loves this product. I’ve since moved to south florida and was able to find it at the Super Walmart, but they have just stopped selling it. I’m very disappointed,and now have to look else where to buy it, or wait until I make a run to Louisiana to stock up on it. If it’s not to late,I would love to win a case of Pioneer Baking Mix.
Best Regards,
Marla
I live in Atlanta and love to eat other people’s biscuits. I am 61 and have decided to make cheese biscuits for my next pot luck supper. I am trying Pioneer mix because several of my friends recommended it. I would love some tips. This is my first try and I want these biscuits to be a hit.
Best regards,
Eileen
OMG!!! I love you! Now I don’t have to hear my husbands mouth!!!!
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Just couldn’t think of a more fun place to leave my comment. I live in So Texas and every year at out church we honor our “Winter Texans” with a super brunch. I’m the biscuit maker and 200 go pretty fast. Couldn’t do it without my Pioneer Biscuit mix, buttermild and a lot of fun! Our guest love them and cry for more. This saturday morning I’ll be up bright and early with my apron, mixing bowl and several boxes of Pioneer Brand Biscuit mix. And a little brush of butter on top when they come out of the oven just tops it off. Thanks for letting me brag a little. Judy
I don’t want, I MUST HAVE PIONEER BISCUIT MIX IN MY PANTRY!!! My Wal-Mart stopped carrying it. Of course, I sent them an email begging them to ship a case of it to my local store here in northern Indiana so I could buy the whole thing. I didn’t even get a reply. I was raised in central Louisiana. My dad taught me how to make perfect biscuits using Pioneer when I was a much younger girl. I was fortunate enough that my brother came up to visit me and my family in December so we could meet his fiance (it wasn’t official until after they left here, though). She brought me several boxes of Pioneer as a “thank you” for making it possible for her to meet him (I paid for his match.com memebership! The wedding’s August 1!) They also brought me my favorite Blackburn’s syrup that I can’t get up here. They’ll all run out before I know it b/c my almost 4 year old son loves pancakes for breakfast. Ok, so do I. I won’t get home until we go down for the wedding and the price to buy it online is outrageous. To have some shipped from home would probably pay for gas to get me at least 1/4 of the way down for the trip this summer. I have one box left. I don’t know how long I can make it last:}
Are there any Ingles Stores where you are? They have Pioneer Mix. Good Luck!
I am so glad I found this website, already spent the last hour just looking thorugh your recipies. The biscuts look wonderful and sound so easy to make, plan to try them this weekend! Just saw the chocolate gray recipie, reminds me of my Christmas growing up, we always had it for breakfast on Christmas morning. Your recipies make me feel like being in Mamaw’s kitchen. Now I am a mamaw of 6 and can share these recipies with my grandkids. Love the site!!