Copycat Chick-fil-A Biscuits
If you’re craving the fluffy, buttery biscuits from your favorite fast food restaurant, then you’re going to LOVE this copycat version of Chick-fil-A biscuits.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Biscuits
If you’re anything like me, then you can’t turn down a buttery, fluffy fresh from the oven biscuit and these Copycat Chick-fil-A Biscuits fit the bill perfectly.
They’re easy to make because they use only four simple ingredients and can be on the table in just 30 minutes. Biscuits make the perfect addition to almost any meal from breakfast to dinner and can even be eaten as a snack. (I’ve been known to have a meat and cheese biscuits as an afternoon pick-me-up.)
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Ingredients for Chick-fil-A Biscuits:
- butter
- self-rising flour
- baking powder
- buttermilk
How to Make Copycat Chick-fil-A Biscuits:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Add 3 tablespoons of butter to a large cast iron skillet and place it in the oven until melted.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Use a pastry blender or fork to cut in the butter until the pieces are pea-size or smaller.
Create a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add the buttermilk.
Stir until the ingredients are just combined. The batter will be a little crumbly.
Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface. With floured hands, bring the dough together and gently fold it over 3 or 4 times.
Pat the dough out to about 1 inch thickness.
Use a floured biscuit cutter (or glass cup) to cut the biscuits.
Place the biscuits into the prepared cast iron skillet, spacing them close together.
Reshape the remaining dough and continue to cut additional biscuits.
Brush the tops of the biscuits with 1 tablespoon of buttermilk.
Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, or until the biscuits are lightly golden brown on top.
Brush the tops with the remaining melted butter and serve warm.
Copycat Chick-fil-A Biscuits
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons melted butter divided
- 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup salted butter sliced and very cold
- 1 ¼ cup cold buttermilk plus 1 tablespoon for brushing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Add 3 tablespoons of butter to a large cast iron skillet and place it in the oven until melted.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
- Use a pastry blender or fork to cut in the butter until the pieces are pea-size or smaller.
- Create a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add the buttermilk.
- Stir until the ingredients are just combined. The batter will be a little crumbly.
- Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface. With floured hands, bring the dough together and gently fold it over 3 or 4 times.
- Pat the dough out to about 1 inch thickness.
- Use a floured biscuit cutter (or glass cup) to cut the biscuits.
- Place the biscuits into the prepared cast iron skillet, spacing them close together.
- Reshape the remaining dough and continue to cut additional biscuits.
- Brush the tops of the biscuits with 1 tablespoon of buttermilk.
- Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, or until the biscuits are lightly golden brown on top.
- Brush the tops with the remaing two tbsp of melted butter and serve warm.
Years ago (1987-1993) I worked there. I use to make the biscuits. Instead of butter the original recipe used butter flavored Crisco.
I’ll try this as I like their biscuits so much. I sort of get a tiny bit of sweetness in them so I wonder if there isn’t a pinch of sugar in them.
I’m going to try this but I only have regular milk. How much of a difference will that make?
You can sub. the regular milk + 1 tbsp vinegar as a buttermilk substitute.
Measure 1 Cup of your milk (whole or 2%), pour it into a bowl, add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. I have a bottle in the fridge for that very reason.
I have a question about making these without a cast iron skillet. I don’t own one. Can they be cut out and placed close together on a cookie sheet?
Yes, you can use a baking pan or sheet, just place them next to one another.
Can you freeze them (step before baking) for later?
yes
I’ve been trying to find a different biscuit recipe from the one I normally make. These tasted great but didn’t rise at all. When I compared to my recipe I found that these did not rise because they only called for half the amount of baking powder, but a half cup more of flour. The taste was good aside from the lack of fluff so I will definitely try these again but double the baking powder.
These were great and had no issue with the biscuits rising. I used salted butter which made them a little salty. Next time I’ll use unsalted. Overall, amazing recipe.