Flaky Kefir Biscuits
November 23rd, 2013 in Appetizers & Snacks by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 40min
It was a bit unusual for me to learn that name for this kind of flaky breakfast breads is “biscuits”, at least this is what they are called here in US.
There are variations of biscuits prepared with milk, or buttermilk, my recipe uses kefir. Kefir consistency may vary, for more thick kefir you may need to use more than a cup. For better results, use butter and kefir cooled down directly from fridge.
Flaky kefir biscuits taste perfect when served warm with a slice of butter, for breakfast or brunch.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups of flour + more for dusting
- 3 oz of butter
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 0.75 tsp of salt
- 3 tsp of baking powder
- 1 cup of kefir
How to prepare, step-by-step:
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Prepare ingredients:
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Pour flour into a mixing bowl:
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Add salt and sugar:
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And baking powder and mix:
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Add cooled butter:
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And carefully start mashing butter into flour with a fork:
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Until all butter is mashed into pieces not bigger than a pea:
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Add cooled down kefir:
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And carefully mix kefir into flour and dough mix:
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Until you get more or less cohesive dough, put bowl with dough to freezer for 20 mins; turn oven on to warm it up to 450F:
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Turn dough out to a wooden board lightly dusted with flour; knead it dough with a few light strokes, don’t overheat it:
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Even dough with hands about 1.5inches thick:
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Then using biscuit cutter or a glass about 3 inches in diameter cut dough into circles; mix cut off dough together and repeat procedure; you will get about 8 pieces:
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Transfer dough pieces to a cookie sheet lined up with parchment paper and put to the oven for 10 mins on 450F:
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Remove cooked biscuits from the oven:
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And serve warm with or without butter:
Flaky Kefir Biscuits Recipe: Step 16
Can these biscuits be frozen?
I never tried to be honest.
Very good biscuits! I added 30% to the leavening and used 1/3 baking powder and 2/3 baking soda (the kefir provides plenty of acid). They rose perfectly–very fluffy but no air holes–to almost three times the 1 inch thickness of the dough. Next time, I’ll roll the dough out to 1/2-3/4 inch thick before cutting the biscuits.
Wow . . . wow . . . wow. … I just made them… goodness gregarious they were sooooo good. I have been trying to make a good biscuit for ages and always before end up with store bought. THese were flaky and slightly sour. soo tasty. Thank you so much.
Thank you, I am glad you liked them 🙂
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These biscuits are amazing! The kefir really makes a difference. They’re so buttery and delicious – thanks for this recipe!
Thank you for your comment!
where does the extra butter come from when the recipe calls for 3 ounces of butter in the beginning and when adding it says add all the butter? Then at the kneading stage it says incorporate butter why how much and what for?
Butter is being added at step 5, there is no extra butter to add, I just mistyped “batter” for “butter” due to english not being my native language. I’ve corrected the recipe now I believe. Please let me know if it makes more sense to you now. Thanks for pointing this typo to me!
These look amazing!!!!!!!! And they look so easy and simple to make :)I will definitely give them a try!
Thanks!
Hi there,
Can any flour be used such as almond flour?
Thanks
I used all purpose wheat flour for this one. Must say I never tried almond flour, so it is hard for me to figure out if it can be used instead. Sorry about that.