Butter Bite Biscuits

Butter Bite Biscuits are soft, buttery, and made with just five simple ingredients, making them the ultimate comfort food and a budget friendly favorite. They’re perfect served with jelly, as a breakfast sandwich, or topped with country gravy for a hearty meal.

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Shopping list:

• self rising flour
• salt
• butter
• cream cheese
• buttermilk

Butter Bite Biscuits are the ultimate comfort food, soft, fluffy, and loaded with buttery goodness. Made with just five simple ingredients, self-rising flour, cream cheese, butter, buttermilk, and a pinch of salt, this budget friendly recipe is easy to make with ingredients you can actually pronounce. No special equipment needed, just good old fashioned homemade flavor!

These biscuits are a hit in our house! My girls go absolutely crazy for them! They’ve quickly become a family favorite and are perfect served with jelly for breakfast, as a base for a breakfast sandwich, or topped with gravy for a classic Southern style meal. However you serve them, Butter Bite Biscuits are a warm and delicious addition to any table.

Looking for more delicious, buttery recipes? Check out my Air Fryer Buttery Lemon Pepper Wings or Buttery Lemon Garlic Rice!

Need to use some leftover cream cheese? Try this Cream Cheese Frosting or these Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Tacos!

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Recipe tips and other helpful info:

• Refrigerate any leftovers in an airtight container for up to three days.

• Make sure to not twist the cutter when making biscuits. because it seals the edges, preventing them from rising properly and resulting in flatter, less flaky biscuits.

• Cast iron pans are great for baking biscuits because they retain and distribute heat evenly, creating perfectly golden, crispy bottoms while keeping the insides soft and fluffy.

• Don’t have self-rising flour on hand? No problem, you can make your own at home! Just mix 2 cups of all-purpose flour with 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Whisk everything together well to ensure it's evenly combined, and you’ve got a perfect substitute for store-bought self-rising flour.

• Cold butter is essential when making biscuits because it creates steam as it melts during baking, resulting in light, flaky layers and a tender texture.

Our favorite kitchen equipment and supplies used with this recipe:

• Cast Iron Skillets Set
• Biscuit Cutter Set
• OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Dough Blender and Cutter
• Silpat The Original Perfect Pastry Non-Stick Mat
• Pastry Brush for Oil Butter Sauce 

Yield about 10 biscuits

Author Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Prep time

15 Min

Cook time

18 Min

Total time

33 Min

Butter Bite Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cups self rising flour, plus extra for rolling
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup cold butter, cut into small cubes
• ¼ cup cream cheese, room temperature
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Lightly spray a cast iron skillet or baking pan with non stick cooking spray. (pan should be small enough so that the biscuits will touch each other)
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt.
3. Add in the cubed butter and cream cheese. Cut in with your hands or a pastry blender until you reach the consistency of cottage cheese.
4. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour the buttermilk into the well.
5. Using your hands, mix the wet and dry until just combined. Form into a loose ball. Dough will appear a bit shaggy but that is what makes for a more flaky biscuit.
6. Sprinkle flour on top of the dough. Flour a silpat or counter surface and plop the dough onto it. Re-flour the top as needed. Mixture may be a bit moist in the center.
7. Roll to about a ¾ inch thickness, making sure to not work the dough too much. Too much working of the dough makes for a tough biscuit. using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or drinking glass, cut straight down into the dough. Do not twist the cutter.
8. Continue cutting the biscuits, rerolling the leftover dough as needed to make more.
9. Place biscuits into the prepared pan, sides touching each other.
10. Brush tops with the melted butter.
11. Place on center rack of the preheated oven and immediately turn the temperature down to 450°.
12. Bake for approx. 18 min. or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan.

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