Ahhhh this is me screaming because I finally made my first gluten free, dairy free biscuits from scratch and they are surprisingly delicious. You know, I’ve never made a biscuit from scratch gluten or not, until my son had to eat gluten free. He loved Applegate bacon so much that I thought biscuits and bacon would be a great way to sort of bring back that “fast food” breakfast we’ve all had, minus the egg.

So basically since day one, the only buscuits I’ve ever made are gluten free bisquick. These biscuits got me through years of breakfasts and my egg free, dairy free way to make them is so simple.

But as Thanksgiving approaches I usually try to challenge myself with one brand new thing I’ve never made. Typically I take on the challenge the day of or day before, but this year I thought trying them ahead of time would be great for two reasons. 1) I can actually wow the fam with delicious buttery (but dairy free) biscuits that look and taste perfect, instead of risking a flop and disappointing everyone. 2) You all could benefit from the recipe as well.

So here’s the deal, I would love for you to try these this Thanksgiving and post pics in my Stay Gluten Free Community. But I’m not going to say, you haven’t eaten a biscuit until you’ve had mine. Because frankly, I feel like that’s what everyone says. I’m just going to tell you why I made them the way I did, and let you decide.

The first thing I do when I bake something new, is turn to the Pioneer Woman and Sally’s Baking Addiction. These ladies (although not gluten free) have taught me a lot about baking and I usually have great success adapting their recipes. But when I tried to make some last week, they tasted funny.

I couldn’t put my finger on it at first, but I finally figured out that it was the dairy free butter. It was giving them a funny taste. I’ve always been suspicious of this, and it’s the main reason I don’t like to use dairy free butter in my sugar cookies. Every time I try it, they have this distinct flavor.

This is why, I decided to use some Spectrum shortening and only a little bit of Earth Balance dairy free butter. After all, the bisquick biscuits call for shortening so why can’t these?

I also made batches without an egg replacer but when I added the egg replacer, it definitely took it up a notch. In the bisquick version I use applesauce instead of eggs. So I thought that the presence of some type of egg-like ingredient needed to be included.

Then I sweetened them a little. I started with only adding a tiny bit of organic cane sugar, but then I saw that Sally adds a little bit of honey, I did a little bit of both…. it is perfection.

Finally, right after they came out of the oven I brushed them with melted dairy free butter and honey mixed together. This not only have them a golden hue, it also made them an even more “sink your teeth” into type of buttery biscuit.

Are you convinced yet?

I still haven’t answered one important question. Why drop biscuits instead of the cut out kind? And that’s an easy one.

You see these biscuits are so easy to make. Everything goes right into the food processor and then with a 2 tbsp ice cream scoop, you just scoop biscuit sized portions onto your prepared baking sheet. That’s it!

Now, my only problem is that I need to convince my boys that THESE are what biscuits should taste like…they are so used to the bisquick ones.

My Ingredients

I am really loving King Arthur’s Measure for Measure. I’m excited that I can actually find it locally at my Target store. I think using canned coconut milk helps give it a smoother sweeter flavor. The sugar and honey just helps add to that a bit. And I always use the soy free, dairy free Earth Balance sticks. 

I always recommend making my recipes as written first before making substitutions unless you have more dietary restrictions.

My Method

I hope you enjoy these biscuits as much as we did. Serve them with gravy, jelly, bacon or just some extra melted dairy free butter and honey mixture. Whatever you decide please keep me posted let me know how you like them. You can always post pictures in my Stay Gluten Free Community (it’s FREE to join, click here). If you need more gluten free, dairy free Thanksgiving recipes you can find them all here. 

Until next time!