Name: Easy Biscuit Recipe from Scratch
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients: 2 1/4 teaspoon Active Dry Yeast {or one 1/4 oz. packet}; 1/3 cup Sugar; 2 cups Water {lukewarm}; 1 large egg; 4 cups ‘Self Rising’ Flour; 3/4 cup Canola or Vegetable Oil; 1/8 tsp. Salt

Fresh, hot biscuits are the perfect way to share some love, so make yourself household famous with this Easy Biscuit Recipe from scratch!

Create some homemade happiness when you surprise your family with this Easy Biscuit Recipe from Scratch, fresh out of the oven!

These quick prep muffin tin biscuits are about as easy as can be! Just throw a few simple ingredients in a bowl, give them a stir, then get ready make some cute little dough balls to plop into your muffin tins. Hot biscuits anyone??

Let your family know how much you love them when you make this yummy biscuit recipe. You don’t have to tell anyone how easy this recipe is to make, that can be our little secret! Serve with some Easy Freezer Jam or this yummy Homemade Peach Butter and you’ve just won the superstar award!

These are extra frugal to make when you purchase your ingredients in bulk! They come out to around 4 cents per biscuit for me!

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What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Recipe…

Shirlee writes: “Add a bit more salt than recipe requires for a more savory biscuit versus a sweeter one. And seasonings and cheese on top, they’re simple and delicious.”

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Easy Biscuit Recipe from Scratch

Fresh, hot biscuits are the perfect way to share some love, so make yourself household famous with this Easy Biscuit Recipe from scratch!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time9 mins

Total Time19 mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2 dozen

Author: The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

2 1/4 teaspoon Active Dry Yeast {or one 1/4 oz. packet}
1/3 cup Sugar
2 cups Water {lukewarm}
1 large egg
4 cups ‘Self Rising’ Flour
3/4 cup Canola or Vegetable Oil
1/8 tsp. Salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In large mixing bowl, stir together Yeast, Sugar, and Water, and allow mixture to sit for approximately 5 minutes.
Add Egg to Yeast mixture, and whisk.
Then add Flour, Salt, and Oil to mixture, and stir well with wooden spoon.
Spray Non-Sttick Muffin Tins with cooking spray, and fill each cup 2/3 full with dough.
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes, or until done.
Remove from oven, allow to cool in muffin tins for a few minutes, then transfer to wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Top with Easy Freezer Jam for the ultimate homemade treat!

Notes

Extra biscuits can be stored for later:

Store up to 2 days in an airtight storage container in the pantry.

Store up to 7 days in an airtight storage container in the refrigerator.

Store up to 2 months in freezer ziploc bags in the freezer.

What You’ll Need for This Recipe:

Mixing Bowls

Muffin Tins

Cooling Rack

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