Ready in 20 minutes, these Copycat KFC Biscuits are light and flaky; you will love these with jam, gravy, or more butter.
These Copycat KFC Biscuits are a super simple, delicious side for any meal of the day! They’re incredibly easy to make and are perfect for meals year-round! I am partial to a nice hot biscuit on a cold winter morning during the holidays, but the best thing about these biscuits is that they’re so easy; you can have them whenever you want!
I am a huge sucker for breakfast, it is my favorite meal of the day. One of my favorites is homemade biscuits and gravy with sausage and eggs! Yum. I am drooling just thinking about it. I mean , check out the flaky layers.
These are the best biscuits you will ever make, and they are so easy to make. They taste just like the biscuits from KFC, but they are better because they are homemade.
I got this recipe 12 years ago but didn’t make it until 8 years ago. Since then, I have never made breakfast that used frozen or refrigerated biscuits, as these are just as easy. Now, I can’t say we haven’t ever had those… store-bought ones….my husband uses them when he is in charge. Needless to say, the kids have deemed me the biscuit champion.
How do you make easy biscuits?
Preheat the oven to 415 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt.
Cut in the butter using a pastry blender, your hands, or a knife and fork until the flour resembles coarse crumbs.
Add the milk and stir with a fork until the mixture comes together.
On a lightly floured surfac,e pull out the dough and knead until it is smooth.
Roll out dough until it is ½ inch thick.
Cut out dough using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, or you can cut it into squares.
With the remaining dough, reform and roll out to ½ inches, repeating until all the dough is used and the biscuits are made.
Arrange biscuit dough on prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until risen and a golden brown.
Serve immediately or set on counter or serving dish until ready.
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Copycat KFC Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chilled butter salted
- 2/3 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 415 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar and salt.
- Using a pastry blender, your hands, or a knife and fork, cut in the butter until the flour resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the milk and stir with a fork until the mixture comes together. On a lightly floured surface pull out the dough and knead until it is smooth.
- Roll out dough until it is ½ inch thick. Cut out dough using a 3 inch biscuit butter, or you can cut into squares. With remaining dough, reform and roll out to ½ inch and repeat until all the dough is used and made into biscuits.
- Arrange biscuit dough on prepared baking sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until risen and a golden brown.
- Serve immediately, or set on counter or serving dish until ready to serve.
Notes
Homemade biscuits are the best!
Just made these, good rise, and crisp. The baking powder taste sticks to your tongue. Needs a touch more sugar and a top brush of egg or milk to brown. Does not taste like KFC though
I made these following the recipe exactly except for cream of tartar. I substitute 1 tsp lemon juice into the milk and let sit no longer than 2 mintes (it makes buttermilk but curdles quickly). I learned that trick from my grandmother since I never had buttermilk on hand. The other difference between these and the southern biscuits my grandma made is she used crisco instead of butter, no sugar, and a higher oven temp (using top rack). I like how the KFC copycats turned out with butter and sugar, however I ended up scorching the bottoms before the tops started browning with my oven rack at the very top. I will try 425 next time but keep the KFC copycat ingredients. I would rate this recipe 4.5 stars as my only criticism is the oven temp, which is a small issue and variable by altitude. Also pregrating and freezing the butter is a good tip because cold butter is very difficult to cut even with a pastry cutter. Another option would be to use warmer butter, but refrigerate the sheet of biscuit dough before cooking, like KFC does. Of course cooking time would need to be adjusted for the cold dough. Thank you for this recipe.
One quick question – what would be your addition to this recipe if you lived at high altitude???? Say, for instance, at 9500 ft. like I do.
Hi! We live at exactly 5000 ft, and don’t generally need to adjust for altitude so I am not totally sure. I have found King Arthur flour’s “High-Altitude Baking” article helpful when a recipe hasn’t turned out quite right though.
Thank you for sharing! I have never tried KFC biscuit 😀 My heart goes all to the egg tart. Gotta try this recipe very soon.
I hope you like them!
These are great! It is now my go to for biscuits. I made them exactly according to recipe and then tweaked a little with buttermilk and an extra 1/4 t of baking powder. I also rolled them a little thicker.
To be honest, other than thicker and slightly higher with my tweaks, they tasted the same as the original!
So, going back to your recipe, but rolling out thicker. Thanks!!!
These Copycat KFC Biscuits look so soft and delicious!
Thank you so much!
Wow, simply delicious!!
Thank you!!
Great recipe! Tastes just like KFC!
Thank you!
Love KFC’s biscuits and I cannot wait to try this recipe! I feel like I always fail at homemade biscuits, but I am hopeful with this one! Thank you thank you!!
You had me at KFC! They have the best biscuits around and I am thrilled to have this recipe! Looking forward to serving these on Thanksgiving and beyond! Delish!
I’m so glad you like them! Thank you!
The best biscuits around! Followed the directions to the tee and it was perfect!
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked them.
I am so glad to make these biscuits now at home!
Enjoy!
One of our favorite biscuit recipes to make! They are so much better than the real thing!
Thank you Suzy! I’m so glad you like the recipe!
These are spot on you won’t be able to tell the difference!
Thank you, Amanda!
YUM I am craving these right now!
Enjoy!
These Copycat KFC Biscuits are mouth watering!
Thank you!
I can’t wait to try these! They look SO good!!
Enjoy!
KFC has the best biscuits! So glad I can now make these from home! Definitely going to enjoy these with dinner this week!
It’s definitely the best time to make them! I hope you enjoy!
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, Sandra! I have tried a few copycat biscuit recipes but hadn’t come across the KFC version. Can’t wait to try these! 🙂
Great! And yes, they do taste like KFC. I brushed with melted butter when they came out of the oven, but that’s totally optional. My new favorite biscuit.
Thanks for a review AFTER you made these biscuits and then were able to give a RATING!
Ecveryone else needs to stop being a wanna-make em go-goo-er.
These look incredible. Do you think it would work to halve the recipe?
It should not be a problem to halve the recipe! Let us know how they turn out.