Freezer Biscuits
Imagine that you live in a wonderful world where there are always fresh biscuits to be had. Wouldn’t that ROCK?! Well guess what? We have fresh biscuits at the Myers’ house all the time. Hop on over to Kitchen Stewardship where I’m sharing the method for making my Mom’s Freezer Biscuits. Now you don’t have to wake up early to make biscuits and gravy. Yep – I love you too. See you there!

Mama’s Frozen Biscuits

4 cups whole wheat pastry flour

8 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup butter, cut into slices

1 ¾ cup kefir or buttermilk

Into large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture looks like coarse meal. Stir in kefir. Form into a soft ball and turn out onto a well floured surface. Roll out to desired thickness and cut with biscuit cutter or cookie cutter.

Place biscuits in a box, separated by layers of wax paper. Freeze.

When ready to bake, heat oven to 450 degrees. Bake frozen biscuits until golden brown, about 14-18 minutes.
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About Stacy

Stacy is the author of Crock On: A Semi-Whole Foods Slow Cooker Cookbook and a stay-at-home mom to her two children, Annie (3) and Andy (newborn). After an “awakening” in March 2011, her family switched to a more natural, whole foods diet. She likes to blog about how to live on less than you make and how to eat good food while doing it. Her passion is teaching others how to save money and she tag teams with her husband in this endeavor. At Stacy Makes Cents you’ll find information on how to save money in the kitchen, how to have fun with your kids, and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Her passion is teaching others how to live debt free. Make sure to follow her on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with her daily antics.

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  1. Erin@TheHumbledHomemaker :
    November 12, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Testing, Testing…is my CommentLuv working? And the answer is YES–thanks to the wonderful Stacy and Barry! ;) And about these freezer biscuits–I commented on KS yesterday, but these looks DELICIOUS! And Will will thank you when I ever get around to making them! Question: Do you have any idea if I can sub the butter w/ coconut oil? And I’m thinking there isn’t a sub for the kefir/buttermilk, BUT from what I read in your kefir post, the kefir may NOT bother my girls like milk? I must try this soon. I may be asking you for some grains eventually. :) Maybe we will just come get them ourselves at BlogOn in March! :)

    Oh–and THANK YOU for adding HH in your bloggy links. I just noticed that!
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    • Stacy :
      November 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm

      :-) I just did that this morning. You’re very observant! :-)
      Some people who cannot tolerate milk can drink kefir since it’s been fermented and the lactose is broken down. Try it! I’ll send you grains whenever you’re ready. :-)
      If you use coconut oil instead of the butter, then you need to make sure it’s hard so that it will work in……palm shortening might work better.

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  2. Tammy :
    November 14, 2011 at 11:40 am

    What is the difference between “pastry flour” and regular flour? (I grind wheat berries to make our flour.)

    Thanks!
    Tammy

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    • Stacy :
      November 14, 2011 at 12:13 pm

      Great question Tammy! :-) I also grind all of our wheat. When I refer to “pastry flour” it can be purchased at the store under the label Whole Wheat Pastry Flour. If you want to grind it at home (like I do), then you’ll just use soft white wheat berries for the equivalent.
      I use hard white wheat for those breads that require yeast. For cakes, muffins, biscuits, etc. that do not use yeast, I always use soft white wheat berries. Does that answer your question? :-)
      I’m always tickled to meet another mama who grinds wheat. :-)

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      • Dani :
        April 10, 2012 at 4:58 pm

        Love to grind it AHEM flour, that is! I’ll second on the soft white wheat for “pastry flour,” and the reason why is the protein content. Soft white is the grain to use for quick breads, including cookies, biscuits, anything with baking soda/powder as the leavening agent (low protein). I have made biscuits with sprouted soft white wheat, and they turn out great.
        Of course, with this recipe, you could do the overnight “soak” with the kefir (or buttermilk), and still have the benefit of reduced phytates and improved digestion (just add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt AFTER soaking).
        And agreed with an earlier comment on the coconut oil–I usually refrigerate mine, then “shave” it off into the flour as it cuts in much easier that way.
        I’ve never tried freezing them, tho! Definitely going to have to do this, since most times we make them, I have way too many biscuits left over, and of course, they’re much better “fresh” baked than three days old!

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  3. Tammy :
    November 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    Thanks so much! I don’t have the soft white wheat berries, but I’ll have to order that next time. In the mean time, I’ll just purchase some pastry flour at the store! Thanks! I also enjoy meeting fellow wheat grinders! :-)

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  4. Kim :
    December 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Thanks for posting this recipe Stacy, will definitely try it out
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  5. Christine S-P :
    October 23, 2012 at 10:17 am

    If you are looking to make this even quicker, instead of rolling them out and cutting them, just use an ice cream scoop (the kind with the little bit that pushes out the ice cream when you squeeze) and scoop them onto the cookie sheet.

    Yup, I really am THAT lazy.

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  6. Candis :
    February 26, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    I made these for the second time tonight. They are so easy and good. This is the first whole wheat recipe I’ve used that didn’t turn out like hard, flat, hockey pucks. I used white whole wheat flour and baked the whole batch. I froze about half, already loaded with sausage, for easy grab n go breakfasts. Thank you!

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  7. Candis :
    February 26, 2013 at 10:38 pm

    Also, I don’t keep buttermilk or kefir, so I stirred a couple of spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar into whole milk to make “buttermilk”. I also used my food processor to cut in the butter to the dry ingredients.

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  8. Jennifer :
    March 12, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Hi Stacy! I have been following your blog for a while. I run a home daycare and try to do meals with few processed ingredients. The kids love these for breakfast or snacks. Sometimes I add blueberries and we call them scones! Thanks for the recipe!

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