Is there anything better than buttery, flaky, fresh out of the oven biscuits? Have you ever tried to make them at home? There’s nothing worse than when you spend hours baking and the biscuits end up being dry, crumbly, and dense. To get fluffy biscuits all the time, avoid these common baking problems.
Biscuits are Dry
Dry biscuits are usually the result of being in the oven for too long. The golden look of biscuits at restaurants usually comes from melted butter being brushed on them, which adds an amazing flavor. Start with the lowest time suggestion on the recipe and when they start to look brown, take them out of the oven and brush them with butter.
Biscuits are Falling Apart
You may be adding too much flour to your dough without knowing it, getting the dry-to-wet ingredient ratio off. Make sure you level off the flour from your measuring cup before you add it to your mixing bowl. Also, make sure you don’t over-flour your work surface too much. Instead, lightly flour your surface and rub your tools and hands in flour before using them.
Biscuits are Tough
Biscuits end up being fluffy from the consistency of the dough and the air pockets that are created when the butter melts during baking. Biscuit dough should be moist and sticky, so don’t add more flour or over-knead the dough if it’s like this.
