The Best Biscuit I've Ever Tasted

[@VideosYesVideos]

These look great. I don't do much baking but when I do I default to your videos. They're totally pro level and I don't think the instructions could be better explained and easily understood.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Thank you. That means a lot.

[@yvettegon4403]

Me too!!!!! Trying to eat low carb is bad with you Brian 😂

[@richledbetter2123]

@@BrianLagerstrom could you use gluten free flour for this recipe?

[@Danielyan]

I guess you could try, Rich. The fat prevents gluten formation and the dough is not kneaded

[@brandonwalker8611]

Legitimately the best biscuits I’ve ever tasted. Was looking for a side for soup tonight and oh look Brian posted a new video. Biscuit perfection. I now understand why Brian’s wife is so into him. Because my wife is now into me.

[@peoplepeople21]

I love the way this implies she wasn't into you beforehand

[@leahr.2620]

I think Brian's wife Lauren doesn't eat gluten.

[@artleitch]

Hosted a breakfast with these this morning and can confirm they were a great success! I added cheddar and chives on the fourth fold and refrigerated overnight before cutting. They turned out perfect and will definitely make again!

[@The1withlogic]

Last 3 weeks my family has had me baking your bread recipes nearly daily. Not easy with an 8 hour work day. But following your directions I get perfect tasty bread. Thanks

[@brian52763]

You really need to be on TV with your own show! You are a naturel teacher, love this channel! Thanks!

[@amserj]

Great video! I use Smitten Kitchen’s buttermilk biscuit recipe, which is similar. My tricks: I cut frozen butter into chunks then combine w dry ingredients in my food processor. Once I add buttermilk I don’t use a rolling pin, just dump, shape, press down, and fold, repeating a few times to get the layers. All this is so quick the butter has no time to warm up. Flour is barely combined w wet, so it stays really tender. Can’t wait to try the square cut version, so much smarter! I definitely need to add the freezer step. Oh, and butter and honey is the topping of choice!

[@wooogie672]

just made some of these and they were so delicious!! this recipe was also super easy to follow and made working with dough with cold butter much less intimidating. i didn’t use super high fat butter which didn’t really affect the taste all too much, but it’ll probably be even better if you do use that type of butter following what another commenter said, i mixed the butter into the dry ingredients with a butter knife so the warmth from my hands wouldn’t melt the butter as much. additionally, since i live in a really warm climate, i ended up putting the butter back in the freezer after i grated it because it was already getting too warm and it definitely helped. i also ended up losing count of the amount of folding i did, so i ended up folding my dough about 6 or 7 times total which ended up in a super flaky dough. i love how these aren’t dry at all; the texture was absolutely perfect and this was my first time making homemade biscuits. i totally recommend this recipe to anyone who read all of this!!

[@d3fc0n545]

I gotta tell you I have been obsessed with your videos recently. I think your pace and knowledge exceed the competition on cooking youtube. I love that you post the recipe in the description too. Very well done.

[@rainy1216]

I have tried a few of your recipes, and they are so good! My only issue is that the written recipe does not always match the video, but I can usually figure out what to do. That said, your videos are so much fun, and you remind me of the dad from Back To The Future, which makes your channel so entertaining. I am so glad I found your page!!

[@PhoenixAnthem]

Now just add homemade sausage gravy and you’re golden like pony boy.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

That vid is going to happen this year for sure

[@PhoenixAnthem]

@@BrianLagerstrom yesssssss!!!

[@mrgoogan]

Cheddar sausage gravy 🤤

[@Ckimber24]

@@BrianLagerstrom tomato gravy is even better my man!

[@genjii931]

@@BrianLagerstrom I highly recommend you use white pepper in addition to black for that gravy.

[@krishwashere2]

Made these this afternoon and oh man they are so good. Not gonna lie I had no faith when I first poured the dough onto the countertop, but by the fifth fold it was bang on! Thanks Brian!!

[@jonkirkwood469]

Brian, your take on rolling and cutting the biscuits as rectangles is simple genius. Doh! I suspect rectangular biscuits taste very much the same as round biscuits, but I'll miss the baker's treat of the trimmings. I'm making these for my best girl this weekend. I even splurged for Plugra.

[@jedimasterben]

I can tell just from the recipe that these biscuits are delicious. I will say though that butterfat content isn't particularly important - I've made biscuits with imported butter and with the absolute cheapest butter that walmart sells, all other ingredients being the same, and had identical biscuits in their rise and flakiness. So if anyone out there can't find or afford the nice butter, don't sweat it, your biscuits are gonna rock your socks anyway!

[@steviannaskitchen5562]

I second this

[@Cats-dv1ji]

Just make sure the butter is at least 80% fat. The less fat, the more water is within the butter- adding too much water can cause issues. So margarine n stuff won't work for this.

[@THEK1NGSCLAN]

@@Cats-dv1ji that’s just wrong, I always go for Kerry gold as I believe grass fed to be healthier but I’ve made it with cheaper butter before bc I was at my family’s and that’s what they had yadda anyways it was indistinguishable

[@illuzeweb]

yea i was told the key is cold butter because it releases steam that ultimately causes the rise

[@333mcnamara]

O M G! Just made these this morning. These are not only the best biscuits I have ever made, but they are the BEST biscuits EVARR! The layers, the rise, the crunch. Wooo! Guys...you have to give these a try! I couldn't find the high-fat Euro butter, so I just used regular butter, but got fantastic results. (It's quite a bit more work than my usual lamo recipe, but SO much better. Shredding the butter was the biggest pain, but I did it the night before and kept the shredded butter in the freezer.) Wife LOVED these biscuits. Thanks Bri. Amazing!

[@Rielsufficiency]

🙌 yes!! Thank you for cutting the biscuits in to squares instead of using a round cutter… I stopped using a cutter years ago because I thought the re-rolling invoked was pointless

[@MP_Single_Coil]

I’ll definitely use these techniques for my biscuits. I use White Lilly self rising flour. It’s super light. I add some baking powder to it for a little extra lift. Another trick is to crowd the biscuits in a high walled pan so they support each other and rise higher.

[@stpapparopriate]

Made these for the 2nd time and OMG so good. My husband whipped up a gravy and we’re in heaven. I’m the baker. He’s the actual chef.

[@joebesenjak6095]

Thanks for all you share with us, Brian! With your biscuits I’m wondering why most people tout “ice cold” butter (often frozen and grated like yours, but they then use their hands to mix it. When I make scones or biscuits, I mix in the frozen grated butter with a butter knife. It works perfectly and there are no warm hands in the dough. Why use your hands for mixing? 🧐

[@romystumpy1197]

I'm into cutting with a knife also

[@wooogie672]

i’m going to make these this morning, thanks for the tip!!

[@MasterChakra7]

Your baking videos have always been the best, yet this one tops them all. Professional, pedagogical, and simply satisfying to see.

[@samlong8733]

Love this! When doing the letter folds, have you tried using a bench scraper rather than your hands? I’ve found that technique helps keep the dough together while it’s still super crumbly.

[@AlexandraAndStuff]

Once I've made these, I couldn't stop making them, I always just make a double or triple batch and keep it in my freezer, this is great to have on hand. And I'm not American, we don't really have this kind of baked good in our culture, so the only biscuit I know is a fresh home made one. I LOVE IT!

[@MrJacksjb]

Looks really good, different from my grandmother's southern biscuits which were always made with shortening rather than butter. Also she would always mix up the dough and pinch off individual biscuit amounts before quickly individually shaping and putting on the pan. Never used a biscuit cutter and never had any waste. Hers were not as flaky as yours but I think they may have had a higher rise. Looks delicious.

[@meridacavediver]

Dude, I don’t know if it’s me or my kitchen but the hydration in the recipe is off the charts for me. To even get the dough under control I have to add flour.

[@MrRonmcneely]

Kefir is also a good substitute for buttermilk here

[@FabricioRodriguezM]

I made these this morning. They were the best biscuits I've ever eaten. Thank you.

[@cl5378]

As a southern grandma I have been using frozen butter and lamentation for a while now. Always comes out great. But I will have to say, square biscuits are just weird. 😃 I love your videos and have made several recipes with great success. Keep it up!! ❤

[@CantankerousDave]

“Frozen butter and lamentation”… Sounds like an episode of Hell’s Test Kitchen.

[@zxcvbob]

I do grated frozen butter but haven't tried folding and laminating yet. I cut my biscuits into squares like Bri did, but I mash the corners in with my fingers as I put them on the baking sheet to make them almost round.

[@austinfreeman9040]

Made these last weekend. Super easy and so delicious. I used a darker baking sheet so the bottom crisped up nicely. So flaky and buttery. Won’t ever make a different biscuit I don’t think.

[@Holy_Shadows]

I just did these over the weekend and they turned out fantastic! Here are my learns from doing this for the first time: 1. It is not too hard and you can do it. As Brian mentioned, it involves technique. 2. I froze my butter and flour to help keep things cold. May do the bowl next time as well. 3. When grating the butter BE CAREFUL and don't grate your knuckle like I did. 4. BE PATIENT. This is probably the most important one. If you feel the butter is getting too warm throw everything back in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. Good luck!

[@Misfit1026]

Hey Brian, try these…. Fast Simple Biscuits Ingredients • 2 cups White Lily self-rising flour • 1 1/3 cup heavy cream Instructions Mix both ingredients together just until flour is incorporated Pat out onto flour board to 1/2" - 3/4" thick Cut out with 2" cutter or cut into 9 squares with a knife. Place on parchment lined baking sheet just barely touching. Turn on oven to 450f and Put biscuits in fridge while oven preheats Once preheated, Bake at 450 for 10 - 12 minutes Brush with melted butter after removing from oven.

[@siggyscolnik6863]

This is my exact recipe. It's awesome. Add some sugar and sprinkle some turbinado on top, bake, make a shortcake.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

I’ve been baking biscuits for thirty years. I use a cast iron pad, with a quarter inch of shortening heated to 450. I cried a dozen biscuits, which took 5 minutes to throw together, into the hot oil in the hot pan, and 12 minutes later they’re almost to the top of the pan. Nothing fancy, but super delicious on a cold winter morning at 5am.

[@codynope3279]

Made these today. Thanks so much. Perfect saltiness and everything!

[@tonkaGuy888]

A few years ago I commented on another biscuit video and recommended cutting them in squares to avoid waste and re-rolling. I was FLAMED by people insisting that square biscuits didn't taste the same as round ones. No one could explain what round tastes like, though. These look great.

[@evaz6177]

The best of everything anytime he cooks, I admire him very much

[@danielqcallahan]

The two game changers that upped my biscuit game: square cut using a pizza cutter rather than a knife, replace the salt with 2 Tbsp of everything bagel seasoning.

[@Bigrigjeff]

Great attention to detail! Great video, please keep them coming!

[@alr1917]

My Southerner grandmother always used leaf lard for her biscuits and they were so flaky and delicious. I look forward to trying your recipe.

[@Danielyan]

Thank you. Made them for breakfast for my family today, every one loved them

[@giraffesinc.2193]

BISCUITS!!!!! So hard and yet so easy, like a great pie crust. Thank you, Bri, for helping us mere mortals to make something extraordinary.

[@senertunahan]

To be honest, the best biscuits I've ever tried and I personally managed to do it at first try. Apply the ingredients 1-1 and even though I live in a different country (so had a little worry about the product differences) but it turned out great. The SAME SMELL of biscuits that we eat at KFC. I just can't believe that. Thanks for the recipe and especially for the tips. Doin' great Brian, thanks a lot.

[@emilybrunson8250]

So happy to see you using frozen butter. It really is the key to success, or at least one of them. I learn so much from your videos, it's a kick to see one where I'm pointing at the screen shouting, "Yes! This is the way!" Or maybe not shouting, but you get my meaning. (I use self-rising flour, I admit, which cuts two ingredients to one, but same diff.)

[@ianfoo]

I had to go back to make sure I actually heard you say, “Once I’ve got two pounds of butter grated,” (1:03) and I was then all, “😮My GOD, this has got to be the butteryest biscuit recipe ever!” I’m kind of relieved to see that it’s actually 1/2 lb in the written recipe.

[@mndlessdrwer]

My favorite trick to easily dumping shredded things that tend to stick to parchment paper, plates, cutting boards, etc. is to grate them onto paper towels. I've done this with cheese, butter, carrots, etc. It works like a charm.

[@Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF]

when grating the frozen butter, i'd also recomend coating your fingers & the butter sticks in flour in case the butter melts.

[@Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF]

slippery butter is hard to grate

[@Name-xs3bd]

Hey Bri, happened to try the pan method you showed off for tenders in the Cesar video in your Weeknighting playlist, and I just wanted to let you know those were the best tenders I’ve ever made! Seared and juicy tenders were a thing I never knew I needed, thank you!

[@dimilton3166]

Riiiight?!?! Anytime I prepare chicken now, I salt and pepper the chicken, then do the rest of the prep, and the amount of FLAVOR increases tremendously afterwards! Probably biggest game-changing tip

[@Natashaskitchen]

I would love to have them for breakfast with a cup of coffee. Yum!" 😋

[@Fc-hc7oj]

Ha Ha love the way you said "mucho cold" . Here in Argentina we have some similar biscuits which are known as "Criollitos". These contain a little bit of yeast to help the lard to make rise the pieces when they are baked. I must recognize you took this fat enriched biscuits to another level. They have the best of both worlds: laminated pastries and scons.

[@floridalifestyleapparel5477]

I love your videos, I've made several of the recipes and they are always spec-tac. I wanted to say that after you finished grating your butter you said 'two pounds' when you meant to say 'two sticks'. Keep up the good work.

[@briancapo123]

Great video as always! Love the technique callouts without getting obsessive on need for infographics!

[@tjwiets6691]

I like to mix up my dry ingredients first and then grate frozen butter straight into the dry mixture with a flat, coarse grater on top of the bowl... no fuss with butter sticking to parchment paper that way. Either way, those look delicious!

[@KevCampbell]

Heck yeah for European butter, and laminating folds 🙂 I've had excellent success with this approach.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Euro butter is everything for lamination.

[@BrentBarbata]

Made these today. Best biscuits I've made. Thank you!

[@jessicaenk8483]

When I was looking for a biscuit recipe a few weeks ago I checked your channel for one because I love your recipes. So glad to see you’ve made one now and I’m excited to try it next time I make biscuits!

[@cieproject2888]

Found your channel a few weeks ago, and was delighted to discover in this video that I've been making biscuits following the Lagerstrom method this whole time. Love your stuff, keep it up!

[@karenfox1671]

Fantastic lamination! No wonder you are so please, you should be proud with all those flaky sheets. Thanks for the tip about the acidity in the buttermilk making the most of the leavening agents. I really appreciate how you take that powdery mess to a perfect pastry dough in under 8 mins. It makes me believe I can add it to my Super Bowl eats🤞

[@TerryKavouras]

I make two recipes of buttermilk biscuit for a family party - All Recipes (Chef John's recipe as done by Nicole) and yours. You're recipe came out way way better. It was flakier, crispier and rose much higher than the one one by Nicole (can't recall her last name, but lover her and her recipes, usually). Anyway, just wanted to say that this biscuit recipe is pretty perfect. Only thing I did different was to light brush the top with buttermilk, which gave the biscuits a nice shine. Also, I baked them for 19 minutes at 400 f. Thanks for the recipe, it is as good as advertised.

[@barlitone]

Nice! I don't usually do super-flaky biscuits, but I make a ton of biscuits and experiment with them a lot. I'll have to try this one out. Did you try using White Lily flour? It's much more soft than most AP brands.

[@bradsimpson8724]

I've never enjoyed a biscuit in my life. I've heard a lot of people swear by biscuits with sausage gravy. Sausage gravy sounds like a good thing to me, but I've never eaten it to confirm. You, Bri Guy, have never steered me wrong. I have tried the majority of the recipes on your channel, and been happy with all of them. Your weeknight khao soi in particular has people threatening violence over the last bowl. So you've got enough cred for me to take it on faith and try your biscuit recipe. But I'm waiting for the gravy accompaniment. When might we see that?

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

I'm partial to circles, I just view it as more traditional and you need rounds in order to have the scraps to make the monster biscuit afterwards (I always fed that one to my dad), but squares are definitely most useful I often make small batches and cook my biscuits in a pot on the stove, works surprisingly well but I just fold it up and cut the edges off with a knife, those scraps will make smaller biscuits.

[@charleegribbon6890]

I like the squares, and not wasting or re-rolling the dough. My partner likes the circles- no harder edges, even crispiness. So, my compromise is to punch out the circles with the up and down movement, no turning the biscuit cutter. And with the "dog tails". I crowd them together and they create an interesting scone type of formation that is usually the fought over one.

[@JediMasterSap]

Bri!!!!! The Force is strong with you!! Those look delicious 🤤

[@phranerphamily]

I'm so happy to see my favorite butter used for such a great recipe 😋🥰

[@shopgirl2959]

Just made these this morning! They are perfect! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Bri!

[@christopher5855]

I'm going to have to try this recipe. I typically go for a 50/50 mix of regular unsalted butter to shortening or sub in place of shortening lard, schmaltz, bacon or beef fat depending on what I have on hand. I would think that the fat or shortening would balance out the fat when using the regular butter compared to the high end stuff. I usually just cut my frozen butter into small pieces then use a metal pastry cutter to cut it in. I think that an experiment is called for now.

[@davidgovertsen7052]

Hey Bri! I haven't made proper buttermilk biscuits in ages, so glad this was on the channel this week. Maximum lift and flakiness achieved, I'm still on a honey butter high from breakfast. Cheers from the Windy City!

[@karlstinger50]

Square cut is the only way to go👏👏👏Nice!

[@larrybrown1971]

I learn a new technique every time I watch your vids. Thanks, man. Keep it coming.

[@paulvarda5318]

dude, i've tried making Altons, Kenjis, Marthas, Weissmans and yours. No freaking contest. insane flaky and delicious.

[@DaggoAndTheCrow]

These look so good. Have you ever considered doing a breakfast burrito video/recipe? With your love of all things breakfast-y and mexican-y, it seems like something right up your alley!

[@MatsJPB]

Nice one! I've always wondered why not more people cut square biscuits, especially chefs making videos for homecooks. I don't even own a round cutter =D

[@LifeHappensLetsFixIt]

Square Biscuits! That solves my biggest frustration with making homemade biscuits. One and done baby!!!

[@ginia33782]

Definitely not traditional southern style biscuits but I can't wait to try this!

[@anthonygardner400]

Oh my! I’ve been waiting for this one, Bri! Thanks. Can’t wait to try it.

[@kathleenroszak8576]

Been waiting on a biscuit recipe from you for a minute! Will definitely be trying this soon. Feel free to send out a sausage gravy recipe soon to accompany it. :)

[@peoplepeople21]

I absolutely love this. I have what I consider to be the best biscuit recipe but I'm gonna try this one and see if it beats mine Also I would love to see you take on pancakes one day. Keep up the great work

[@Vendzor]

Lol if it doesn't top yours, we'll be waiting here for your recipe 😋

[@LifeHappensLetsFixIt]

Second that. Super tall, fluffy, pancakes with substance, flavor and "whatever it is that scratches that primal itch".!!!!

[@ItsJustLisa]

These are something I’d make in advance, say on a weekend, freeze them after cutting and then bake on demand. I do use most of those techniques too.

[@xd-mm4yb]

Thank you!! Was waiting for something like this, loved the recipe

[@smontone]

Wow, that looks amazing. I love the butcher block you used to roll on. I have to get me one of those!

[@marvyzable7581]

My husband and I get very excited when a Brian Lagerstrom video gets posted. He made these for me last week and they were AMAZING. By any chance, do you have a cinnamon roll recipe?

[@BrianLagerstrom]

I do! Search it on YT. It’s 2 years old

[@ryanbecker6584]

I’ve heard the reason biscuits made in the south are better is due to less gluten in the wheat grown there. As I don’t have access to that flour, I thought I might be able to try reducing the gluten content by substituting a portion of cake flour for the AP. Anecdotally, I found I like 25% cake flour to 75% AP. Not sure if anyone else has tried this.

[@annchovy6]

There’s really no need. In spite of what many would have you believe, you don’t need pastry flour (which is what brands like White Lily are) to make biscuits. In fact, I prefer biscuits made with an all-purpose flour like Gold Medal to ones made with White Lily and other pastry flour. Stella Parks, a southerner herself, prefers all-purpose GM flour over WL, too and wrote about it for Serious Eats. Just don’t use something like King Arthur which is really a bread flour sold as all-purpose. Though honestly even KA works well in a biscuit like this which is heavily laminated.

[@MAC-op5fc]

I have a 'go-to' biscuit recipe I love but I have to try yours. Look delicious!

[@robertwhitham5109]

Other than being square the finished biscuits reminded me of m Aunt's. She was as southern as they come. Fantastic biscuits.

[@leoz6338]

I have made 5 things from your channel and they have all turned out great. Biscuits are in the future. Thanks for the knowledge.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Thanks for trying the recipes. That’s my Goal!

[@Basomic]

I've always been a round biscuit kind of guy, with 7 biscuits all perfectly spaced out in my cast iron pan... But it's purely for aesthetic. You may have convinced me to go full square from now on

[@BrianLagerstrom]

No scrap baby!

[@adriangonzalez3600]

I just started making bread using your dutch oven method this past week, and my partner asked me when biscuits were coming. The video couldn't come at a better time and I'm glad I'm not babysitting a gassy yeasty boy on the counter for 24 hours.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Hope you enjoy

[@EverydayTastyFood]

I have tried this recipe, and it was so good! 😊Great video 👋

[@CaribbeanLife101]

Yum yum. That looks so delicious. 👌 Thanks for the video.

[@plantlady65]

Going to try these. Using a bench scraper would be useful.

[@leahr.2620]

I make my biscuit square for the same reason. I have one with sausage gravy and one with jam. 👍👍

[@rivertonrock]

I love making biscuits, and lately I've been using a cast iron pan to bake them in the oven, which gives even more crispiness to the edges and bottoms. Any comment on baking the biscuits right next to each other as opposed to separated on the tray, like they are on this video?

[@BrianLagerstrom]

I think it’s a trade off of texture. Soft sides are cool, but I like the glassy edges from a stand-alone.

[@BlackJesus8463]

I would do this before I did croissants. Grating the frozen butter and square cut is a baller move. 👌

[@lagoya]

Oh my I love Plugra so much! Gonna try this recipe ✌️

[@firebert05]

I’ve been looking forward to this recipe so much! Thank you Bri.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Hope you like it!

[@mcwolf1969]

Excellent biscuit vid/tutorial, Bri! My long wait is over.🎉

[@yourdogissilly]

A rare chance to view a Lagerstrom video early. Thanks for the video! I've always wondered how good biscuits were made

[@BrianLagerstrom]

I hope you try sometime

[@recoveringsoul755]

There's a place nearby, but not close enough, that sells a sourdough garlic loaf that is to die for. It's one of those round loafs, but has whole cloves of garlic baked into it. It's truly addicting. There's probably a whole head of garlic in each loaf. It would be cool if you made one of those.

[@darylbottema-adkins7957]

Some Devon cream and Seville marmalade would be perfect with these. Makes an ordinary cup of tea a very special cup of tea. I must make these.

[@bittorrentpromotion4084]

If you like biscuits and gravy this is the biscuit to use, I had a few extra frozen, wow next level

[@bittorrentpromotion4084]

Also, I added Garlic butter and cheese on a different batch those were amazing with seafood

[@MartinUnderwood]

Squares over circles! This is highly similar to how I make biscuits (including cutting into squares), and they are killer. I hadn't thought of freezing the biscuits while the over preheats though. 👍

[@PixelSchnitzel]

I love the food grade tape measure! 🙂

[@rustyrobinson8027]

Thanks