{"id":281,"date":"2025-11-02T19:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:15:01","slug":"drop-biscuits-skillet-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/drop-biscuits-skillet-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Drop Biscuits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Super simple drop biscuits bake up fluffy, tangy, and moist, all the things a good biscuit must be\u2014at least, that is, if it wants to impress a Southerner. In this drop biscuits recipe, the dough gets a lot of flavor and moisture from buttermilk, and the ratio of shortening and butter makes for a biscuit that is light and cloudy but still substantial enough for any classic biscuit topping (we’re looking at you,\u00a0sausage gravy<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Drop biscuits should be tall and fluffy, though they won’t have the traditional flaky layers of classic\u00a0buttermilk biscuits<\/a>. Still, they taste great, and they’re ready in much less time, whether you need them for breakfast or as a side dish for a creamy casserole.<\/span><\/p>\n

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INGREDIENTS<\/span><\/p>\n

3 cups (about 12 oz.) soft wheat self-rising flour (such as White Lily)<\/span>
\n1 Tbsp. granulated sugar<\/span>
\n1\/2 tsp. kosher salt<\/span>
\n6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) cold unsalted butter, cubed<\/span>
\n1\/4 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco)<\/span>
\n1 1\/4 cups whole buttermilk<\/span>
\n2 Tbsp. salted butter, melted<\/span><\/p>\n

STEPS<\/span><\/p>\n

Combine dry ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Preheat oven to 475\u00b0F. Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until no lumps remain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut butter and shortening into dry ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Add cold butter and shortening; use a pastry cutter to cut butter and shortening into flour mixture until fully coated and butter is the size of peas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Add buttermilk:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Gradually add buttermilk; stir until just combined. (Batter should be wet but hold some structure.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Scoop biscuits:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Scoop golf ball-sized portions (about 2 heaping tablespoons each) onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing 1 to 2 inches apart.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Evenly brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bake biscuits:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 14 to 16 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through bake time. Cool on pan 5 minutes before serving.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Super simple drop biscuits bake up fluffy, tangy, and moist, all the things a good biscuit must be\u2014at least, that is, if it wants to impress a Southerner. In this drop biscuits recipe, the dough gets a lot of flavor and moisture from buttermilk, and the ratio of shortening and butter makes for a biscuit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[28,29],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bread-pastries","category-breakfast-lunch","tag-breads-pastries","tag-breakfast-brunch-lunch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}