I love it when I use my gluten free flour in a traditional recipe and the flavor and texture turns out so well. This is an example of one of one of my many triumphs. I have had a recipe for simple biscuits on hand for a very long time. It had been a while since I made them. The family was eating breakfast out a little while back and something occurred to me… my oldest son often orders biscuits and gravy, and I don’t think I have ever made gravy from scratch for him. Well, now I can say I have. The recipe in this post is for the biscuits, but the next post will be for my gravy. As with most of my gluten-free baked goods, you can use traditional flour in it’s place.

Pictured below are both gluten free and regular flour biscuits. Can you tell the difference?

Click Here for my Sausage Gravy Recipe

Fluffy Biscuits

Ginger

Fluffy biscuits can be made gluten free or regular. Homemade gravy tops them deliciously.

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Ingredients

2 cups gluten free flour* or regular flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum for gluten free
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2/3 cup milk

Instructions

Directions

Heat oven to 450° F
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, xanthan gum (if using), sugar and salt. Mix well.
Add shortening, and using a pastry cutter, blend until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
In a separate small bowl, beat the egg into the milk.
Pour the egg and milk into the flour mixture and stir until just moistened.
Turn onto a floured surface and knead about 15 times.
Roll to approx. 3/4 inch thickness. Using a biscuit cutter (or empty tin can), cut out biscuits and transfer to a baking sheet.
Bake at 450° for about 8-10 minutes or until the tops begin to turn golden brown.