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Fresh Milled Flour Biscuit Recipe

Servings 14 biscuits

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups fresh milled flour
  • 2 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cold butter cubed
  • cups cold milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 425°F.
  • Pull out two cast iron skillets (or a cookie sheet or 9x13 dish lined with parchment paper).
  • Grind your wheat berries (I usually mill a blend of hard white and kamut).
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add the cold cubed butter to the dry ingredients and cut it in with a pastry cutter (or your fingers) until the mix looks like coarse crumbs or wet sand with some chunks.
  • Gradually stir in the milk, just until the dough comes together. It should be sticky and shaggy.
  • Dump the dough onto a floured surface and gently press it into a rectangle about 1 inch thick.
  • Fold the rectangle in half “hamburger-style” and rotate 90°. Repeat this fold and press process 3 more times (4 total folds)—this builds those flaky biscuit layers.
  • Press the dough one final time to ¾–1 inch thickness and cut out biscuits using a 3-inch cutter, glass, or even a knife (square biscuits totally work too!).
  • Place biscuits into your skillet or baking dish, touching slightly.
  • Bake for 12–15 minutes, until golden brown on top.
  • Let them cool slightly before serving.

Notes

We love ours with gravy, as breakfast sandwiches (hello sausage + egg + cheese heaven), or alongside soup or roasted veggies for dinner.