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Fresh homemade kefir biscuits served warm with butter, honey, and berries on a rustic wooden table

Biscuits Made With Kefir

Learn how to make soft, flaky biscuits made with kefir. This easy homemade kefir biscuit recipe gives tender, buttery biscuits with simple ingredients.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 9 biscuits
Calories: 190
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Dry Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour about 240g flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder or 5 tsp baking powder depending on recipe style
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt or 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • These basic pantry items create the structure for the biscuits.
Wet Ingredients
  • 1 cup Lowfat Plain Kefir or whole milk kefir
  • 9 tbsp butter or frozen unsalted butter stick 4 oz butter
  • Optional topping: honey topping optional melted butter topping, or honey-butter mix topping
  • Some recipes also include Nancy’s Organic Cream Cheese Nancy’s Organic Butter, and Nancy’s Organic Plain Whole Milk Kefir for a richer dough.
Ingredient Notes for Best Results
  • Cold butter is important. Many bakers freeze butter and grate frozen butter so that it stays cold during mixing. The small pieces melt in the oven and create flaky layers.

Equipment

  • Whisk

Method
 

Step 1 – Preheat Oven and Prepare Baking Sheet
  1. Start by preheat oven to 450°F oven or 425F depending on preference. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2 – Mix the Dry Ingredients
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine flour sugar salt baking powder mix. Stir until evenly combined.
Step 3 – Cut Cold Butter Into Flour Mixture
  1. Use a grater tool to grate frozen butter into the flour mixture. You can also cube butter and mix until it forms a crumbly mixture.
Step 4 – Add Kefir and Form Dough
  1. Make a dough well center and pour in 1 cup kefir or 1 cup cold buttermilk if using a substitute. Mix gently with a rubber spatula stirring until a moistened dough forms with a few sticky dough spots.
Step 5 – Fold Dough to Create Flaky Layers
  1. Transfer dough onto a floured working surface or lightly floured surface. Pat dough and roll dough gently to about ¾ inch dough thickness or 1 inch thick dough.
  2. Fold dough, rotate dough 90 degrees turn, and repeat fold dough center process 3–5 times. This creates laminated butter layers.
Step 6 – Roll and Cut Biscuits
  1. Use a 2-inch cookie cutter or tall biscuit cutter dipped in flour. Press cut straight down, never twist cutter to prevent sealing the edges.
Step 7 – Arrange Biscuits on Baking Sheet
  1. Place rounds biscuits about biscuits 2 inches apart or slightly touching for better rise.
Step 8 – Bake Until Golden Brown
  1. Bake at 450°F for 13–15 minutes baking or 20 minutes baking depending on size. For darker tops, bake 22 minutes.
  2. The internal temperature 205–210F indicates doneness.
Step 9 – Brush with Butter and Serve Warm
  1. After you remove from oven, use a melted kefir butter brush or brush melted butter honey mix. Serve warm and enjoy.

Notes

Nutrient Amount
Calories 190 kcal
Total Fat 9 g
Saturated Fat 5.5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 25 mg
Sodium 250 mg
Total Carbohydrates 23 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugars 2 g
Protein 4 g
Calcium 70 mg
Vitamin D 1.5 µg
Vitamin B12 0.4 µg
Potassium 130 mg