Freezing Biscuits: Recipe & Tips

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by Renae Chiovaro on March 3, 2011

Awhile back I purchased the Pillsbury Frozen Biscuits. It occurred to me that I could easily make homemade biscuits and freeze them just as Pillsbury does! It is really not hard to make homemade biscuits but I don’t have a lot of time to whip them up on work nights. It is certainly easy to pull them straight from the freezer and toss them in the oven though!

Biscuits

2 Cups Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Milk

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Add in butter. I find it easiest to use a pastry blender. Once the butter in incorporated, add in the milk. Stir until mixture is moistened.

Lightly flour a surface and place dough on it. Knead the dough until smooth- about 10 strokes. Roll Dough out to about 1/2″ thickness. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out the circles. This recipe makes about 12 biscuits.

freeze biscuits

If you are going to freeze the biscuits, stop here. Place the cut out dough onto a baking sheet and freeze. Once frozen, place in a freezer bag.

To bake from frozen- heat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

To bake when just dough- heat oven to 450 degrees and bake for 10 minutes.

Tips

  • Make a double batch. Freeze some and bake some for dinner!
  • Use your own recipe and try freezing the dough before baking.
  • Try using a whole wheat flour for a healthier biscuit.

What is your favorite thing to make ahead and freeze? Any time saving tips?

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Renae Chiovaro

Renae is a married working mom of two handsome boys. She works as a registered dental hygienist by day and blogs here at How to Have it All by night. She enjoys cooking from scratch, working in her vegetable garden and functional training.

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Comments

  1. Samantha says:
    March 3, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Thank you for this Recipe. Seems easy to do and would greatly help me at night.

  2. hannah says:
    March 5, 2011 at 2:51 am

    I have my own favorite biscuit recipe that is basically the same as this one, so I will have to try freezing them!
    I would be more apt to have biscuits for dinner if all I had to do was throw them in the oven.

    • Renae says:
      March 5, 2011 at 8:09 pm

      Hi Hannah,
      Yes, it is a huge time saver to have biscuit dough ready to go. I hope it works out for you!

  3. Shelly @ Coupon Teacher says:
    March 5, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Very good idea!

  4. Melanie says:
    March 6, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    I just made these and cut strawberries into them. Do I need to spray my pan?

    • Renae says:
      March 6, 2011 at 6:11 pm

      Hi Melanie,
      I normally do not spray the pan but I have never made them with strawberries. There should be enough butter in the recipe to make them not stick I would think. Sounds really yummy!

  5. Melanie says:
    March 6, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    they turned out great ! we also drizzeled local honey on them.