Homemade Whole Wheat Biscuits
Homemade whole wheat biscuits that are easy to make and a delicious way to start the day.
Biscuits and comfort food go hand in hand.
These tender flaky biscuits are made with all-purpose flour and whole wheat pastry flour.
Biscuits are so good for breakfast or served with lunch or dinner.
While these whole wheat biscuits taste great served warm with just butter, they taste even better when smothered in Homemade Apple Cinnamon Toast Butter (link to the recipe at the bottom of this post), or…
…honey, or both.
About the Ingredients
Homemade biscuits are easier to than you might think to make.
All you need to do is add the ingredients in a bowl, mix, shape and bake for 15 minutes.
The ingredients in this recipe include all-purpose flour, wheat pastry flour and shredded chilled or frozen butter.
The butter needs to be very cold and then it’s shredded using a cheese shredder (or grater).
Shredding the butter is helpful when cutting it into the flour mixture so the butter isn’t in big lumps.
In this recipe, the ingredient that may not be a regular pantry item is wheat pastry flour.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Biscuits – all-purpose flour, wheat pastry flour, butter, milk, baking powder, and salt
Egg Wash – egg (just the egg white), sugar, and water
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
Biscuits:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
To a medium size bowl, add all-purpose flour.
Next add wheat pastry flour…
…baking powder…
…and salt.
Stir together.
Next,
using a cheese grater, shred the butter (the butter must be as cold as possible).
Add the shredded butter to the bowl.
Using a fork, cut the butter into the flour mixture…
…until crumbly.
Form a well in the middle of the bowl,
and add the milk.
Then,
stir the flour mixture into the milk, until a dough forms.
Sprinkle a light dusting of flour on a cutting board.
Transfer the dough to the cutting board.
I got a little carried away with “lightly dusting” of flour on the cutting board part…I must have been daydreaming.
Don’t be like me and put too much flour on the cutting board.
Knead the dough a few times then roll it with a rolling pin so that it’s about an inch thick.
Cut the dough into rounds with a biscuit cutter (or an upside-down drinking glass).
Grease a cookie sheet or baking pan with butter.
Add the biscuits to the baking pan and set aside for just a moment while making the egg wash.
Egg Wash:
In a small bowl, add the egg white.
Discard the yellow egg yolk.
TIP – Separate the egg white from the yolk by cracking the egg in half, and slowly tilting the half of the egg with the yolk in it toward a small bowl so just the egg white pours out.
Next,
add sugar,
water,
and whisk together.
Brush the egg wash over the top of the biscuits.
Topping:
Sprinkle sugar on the top of each biscuit.
Bake in a preheated oven (at 425 degrees F.) until the tops of the biscuits are a light golden color (about 12 to 15 minutes).
Serve warm…
…topped with regular or flavored butter…
…honey,
or both.
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Whole Wheat Biscuits
Ingredients
For the Biscuits:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 tablespoon (heaping) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold butter
- 3 teaspoons butter for greasing pan
- 3/4 cup milk
For the Egg Wash:
- 1 Egg (just the egg white)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
For the Topping:
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
For the Biscuits:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a medium size bowl add all-purpose flour, pastry flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir together.
- Shred the butter with a cheese grater (the butter must be as cold as possible), and add to the bowl. Using a fork, cut the butter into the flour mixture until crumbly.
- Form a well in the middle of the bowl, and add the milk. Stir the flour mixture into the milk until a dough forms.
- Sprinkle a light dusting of flour on a cutting board. Transfer the dough to the cutting board. Knead the dough a few times then roll it with a rolling pin so that it’s about an inch thick.
- Cut the dough into rounds with a biscuit cutter. Grease a cookie sheet or baking pan with butter.
- Spaced out evenly, lay the biscuits on the baking pan and set aside for just a moment while making the egg wash.
- For the Egg Wash: In a small bowl, add the egg white (separate the egg white from the yolk by cracking the egg in half, and slowly tilting the half of the egg with the yolk in it toward a small bowl so just the egg white pours out). Discard the yellow part of the yolk.
- To the bowl, add sugar, water, and whisk together. Brush the egg wash over the top of the biscuits.
For the Topping:
- Sprinkle sugar on the top of each biscuit. Bake until the tops of the biscuits are a light golden color (about 12 to 15).
- Serve warm with butter or delicious Apple Cinnamon Toast Butter or honey.
Notes
TIP:
Separate the egg white from the yolk by cracking the egg in half, and slowly tilting the half of the egg with the yolk in it toward a small bowl so just the egg white pours out.This recipe was originally published on September 18, 2012.
Serving Suggestion
While these whole wheat biscuits taste great served warm with just butter, they taste even better when smothered in this quick and easy “Homemade Apple Cinnamon Toast Butter“.
Biscuit Dessert Recipes
Biscuits even make wonderful desserts like in these recipes “Snickerdoodle Skillet Biscuits“, “Sugar Coated Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake” and “Funfetti Red, White and Blue Biscuits“.
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I saw these on Tasty Kitchen and had to come over for a look. YUMMY!!
Hi Tara, thank you for stopping by!
These look great! I usually try to eat whole wheat over white on any baked good, yet these look way better than all of the store-bought stuff. Thanks for the recipe and great photography.
P.S. I’m looking forward to that Apple Cinnamon Toast Butter recipe too…
Hi Mark, I know what you mean. I try to eat whole wheat too over white when I can. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.