One of the most prominent chefs in the US is Paula Deen, and for years she has been providing tons of different recipes to help us all cook better food.
From huge meals to simple sides, Paula Deen has covered it all – including the classic American favorite, biscuits!
If you love biscuits and are looking for the best recipe, then checking out what Paula Deen has done with this delicious soft bread is a great place to start.
She has created a ton of different recipes for a platter of biscuits but which one should you try out first?
Check out the options below!
Biscuits – What Are They And Why Cook Them?
First, let’s talk a little more about biscuits.
Biscuits are a type of soft bread enjoyed throughout the US and Canada. They are light and fluffy, with a very buttery taste.
On their own, a traditional biscuit can be pretty unimpressive – but they are often served alongside a huge range of other ingredients to help provide more flavor and texture.
Some examples include gravy, sausage, egg, butter, honey, and so much more.
Biscuits can be enjoyed as a breakfast food or as a side dish for hot, comforting meals.
Because of this, they are great because you can quickly whip up a biscuit side for your main meal or enjoy one for a light breakfast – the choice is yours.
This versatility makes biscuits one of the first dishes a lot of Americans learn to cook.
So, check out the wide range of Paula Deen biscuit recipes below to find a new and exciting way to make your own platter of biscuits!
Let’s start out with Paula Deen’s own recipe for a batch of traditional Southern biscuits. If you have never made biscuits before then this recipe is a good place to start out.
It will show you how to quickly and easily make your own batch of plain but light and fluffy Southern biscuits so you can start out with the very basics.
Once you have this recipe nailed down, you can move on to more complex recipes that introduce more flavors and ingredients for completely different dishes!
One of the most popular things to add to biscuits is gravy as the moisture of the gravy helps complement the dryness of the soft, almost-crumbly biscuits.
The gravy also brings some rich, meaty flavors to help make this a real savory treat.
If you have always wanted to try making your own biscuits and gravy, then this recipe from Paula Deen is definitely one for you to try out(see also: 10 Best Paula Deen Cornbread Recipes To Try Today).
It requires just a few ingredients and seasonings which you likely already have at home – so it’s super quick and simple for beginners!
Biscuits are a type of soft bread and two flavors that work amazingly well with bread are garlic and cheese.
They are both two incredibly popular savory flavors so it just makes sense to add them to biscuits!
This is exactly what Paula Deen has done in her garlic cheese biscuit recipe. These biscuits are full of their own unique flavor – it makes them so tasty you can eat them on their own without any sides!
So, if you are looking for a biscuit recipe that serves as a light snack that’s easy to eat while on the go, this is the recipe for you!
There are lots of really unique and interesting recipes out there to make biscuits – and Paula Deen has her own recipe for beer biscuits.
This means that these biscuits are made infused with the flavor of beer for a more savory type of biscuit.
What this does is gives the biscuits a stronger malty flavor that enriches them, making them better suited for sweeter additional flavors like honey and butter.
Biscuits are a popular breakfast food and this recipe takes that idea to the max!
Here you will be able to make classic breakfast biscuits stuffed with rich pork sausage, scrambled eggs, green onions, and chilis.
This makes them very filling (perfect for a quick breakfast meal) and also a little spicy. It’s not the most common biscuit recipe so it’s a fun alternative to try out if you are looking for something a little different.
They are very light and flaky but also soft and squishy all thanks to the three leavening ingredients used in this recipe – baking powder, baking soda, and active dry yeast!
This makes angel biscuits the lightest and fluffiest type of biscuit so they are perfect for serving with sweater ingredients like cream, ham, and honey.
This biscuit recipe will leave you with a delicious sweet treat in no time as the recipe only requires 4 separate ingredients – milk, baking mix, flour, and cream cheese!
This means that you can easily whip up a batch of cream cheese-filled biscuits whenever you want a snack that leans towards sweeter flavors.
They are light, fluffy, and moist thanks to all that cream cheese stuffed into the center of each biscuit!
Biscuits are so versatile that they work with savory dishes as well as sweet. This recipe from Paula Deen puts a really fun twist on the classic biscuit by using them to make pineapple (see also: 7 Amazing Paula Deen Pineapple Casserole Recipes To Try Today)upside-down biscuits!
Pineapple upside-down cake is a classic dessert to serve during the summer thanks to its refreshing flavor.
However, if you want to avoid the cake and try something new and fun, then the answer is pineapple upside-down biscuits!
They are still light and fluffy but super sweet thanks to the flavors of cherry and pineapple!
This recipe may sound unusual at first but trust us, it’s a fun one to try out if you are looking for an alternative dessert!
The chocolate gravy is not actually gravy at all but rather a rich, delicious chocolate sauce that is served by drizzling over your light, fluffy biscuits.
Alternatively, you can use it as a chocolate dip instead and dunk your biscuits in the chocolate gravy instead!
Traditional biscuits are usually made up of just a few basic ingredients but over time, more and more people have tried adding new exciting ingredients to transform the flavor of their biscuits.
This Paula Deen recipe adds sweet potatoes to great effect! It adds a natural sweetness to the biscuits without going overboard, making them the perfect balance between light and savory.
This makes them perfect for serving alongside hot stews and soups to provide a hearty, flavorful side in its own right!
How can you take your traditional biscuits to the next level? Deep fry them of course!
This makes your biscuits a deliciously tasty treat in their own right and makes them ideal for serving with really rich and greasy stews, soups, and dishes with a ton of sauce!
It’s easy to do so just follow this quick recipe from Paula Deen to find out how to make your own deep-fried biscuits!
We said earlier that there are a lot of unusual biscuit recipes out there these days and none are as crazy as this one!
This biscuit recipe uses 7-Up, a brand of lemon-lime soft drink, in the recipe to help give them a slightly sharp, zesty flavor to lift them up – trust us, it totally works!
This makes this recipe ideal to try during hot summers because it’s more refreshing while still maintaining that light, fluffy texture of traditional biscuits.
It pairs well with chicken, seafood, and lemon-flavored dishes so try it out!
There are lots of options, ranging from sweet to spicy and savory, so find the right recipe for you and try it out! Happy cooking!
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Do You Put Buttermilk Instead Of Milk In Biscuits?
Buttermilk plays an important role in making traditional biscuits. Because it’s more acidic, it helps break down the glutens and proteins in the biscuits, making them more tender and soft!
What Makes A Biscuit Light And Fluffy?
Biscuits made with low protein flours are much softer and lighter than biscuits that use a lot of proteins in their ingredients. So, it’s the lack of bonding proteins that makes biscuits so light and fluffy.
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