Gluten Free Biscuit, Fluffy, southern approved (2024)

Southern Fluffy Gluten Free Biscuit Recipe

Friends, I am excited. Finally, a Southern, fluffy, gluten free biscuit I am proud of.

I worked for six months experimenting on a gluten free biscuit.The feedback has been heart warming, and gratifying as it quickly rose to my number one food post out of 1,000 recipes.

This is my rice flour based gluten free biscuit. The next biscuit that is wildly popular is my almond flour based low-carb, grain free biscuit. Both are very worthy, so it will be up to you.

I never set out to make a good Southern fluffy biscuit here at Spinach Tiger, but I did and the comments and emails I still receive years later on this recipe have proved how good my biscuit recipe and technique is.

However, I know many of you are gluten free, as am I, because of a health issue, and you deserve to have the best biscuit possible.

I have Hashimoto’s and wrote about my personal story with thisimmune disorder that affects the thyroid, and while gluten doesn’t seem tomake me sick, it’s very discouraged. This is why you are seeing an increasing amount of gluten-free baked goods and grain free baked goods.

I am one of more blessed people with this disease, because I haven’t had any serioussymptoms, as it was discovered early and medication has balanced my thyroid numbers. I want to keep it that way and eat as healthy as possible. That means no gluten. (It pays to get a wellness blood test every year that checks your thyroid).

AboutGluten Free Biscuit Recipes and My Trial and Error

This is not going to be the exact duplicate of my original Southern biscuit. However, I’ve gotten as close as I think I can get.

I experimented with flours.I experimented with eggs, no eggs, buttermilk, fake buttermilk and cream, corn starch, no corn starch.

I made several batches, sometimes one after another. Then yesterday morning, the second batch of the day got the result I was looking for.

The challenge in gluten free biscuit baking is that too many of the biscuits were grainy, tasted funky, and didn’t rise.Sometimes they were too gummy and sometimes they didn’t brown. The most noticeable issue was that, if left on the counter all day, they turned to rocks.

One unusual counter intuitive attribute about gluten free biscuits is that you cannot eat them right out of the oven. The texture will be a bit gummy; let them cool about five or 10 minutes.

My Criteria for a Gluten Free Biscuit

Realizing gluten free biscuits cannot be exactly the same as wheat-floured biscuits, I still had a criteria.

1. Texture could not be grainy, but must be crispy outside, fluffy inside.
2. Flavor. No after taste, just buttery.
3. Rise. Biscuits would have to rise or they are not biscuits.
4. Southern Approved. Mr. Spinach Tiger, who has a perfect palate, gives the thumbs up. He tasted every batch, and actually guided me to the right balance of ingredients and texture.

My Secret for a Gluten Free Biscuit

This might seem odd, but I tried adding in ricotta cheese and this gave me the texture and flavor I was looking for. If you don’t want to use ricotta cheese, they will still be good, especially since I have added in golden flax meal.

Gluten Free Flour. I did not mix my own gluten free flour for this biscuit. I know you’re not going to do that and truthfully,that is just too tenuous and inconsistent.I chose a flour readily available in the grocery store. If you want to make your own gluten-free flour, I do have a recipe for you here.

Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Baking is the flour of my choice and you can order it here. If that changes, I’ll let you know. If you think you have something better, let me know.They have a biscuit recipe on the back and I did not use that. Mine is better.

Stay away from gluten free flours that have beans because the flavor will not be satisfactory. Stay away from gluten free flours where the first ingredient is corn starch.

No to Corn Starch. I’ve seen some recipes out there that add a half cup of corn starch. I tried that recipe that claimed greatness and it was the worst of ten batches.Thebiscuit wasgrainy, flat, and tasted terrible.

Eggs. Many recipes call for 1 eggper cup of flour. I found that 1 egg per two cups of flour reduced that odd gummy texture I didn’t like.

Butter. Real unsalted butter is the only way I make biscuits, again for flavor and texture.

You can make really small ones too out of the same batch.

Salt and sugar add flavor and the sugar helps the biscuits brown.

Golden Flax Meal adds something to the texture and flavor, but it’s an option. My original recipe didn’t include this. I discovered it when I made these biscuits for this chicken pot pie.

Liquid: I like Real Buttermilk. It’s not just for texture; it’s for flavor. See notes below for substitutes. However, you can also use whole milk with a teaspoon of added white vinegar. Some have had great success with almond milk!

I paid attention to the tips I’ve outlined in my original Southern Fluffy recipe.I decided that the gluten free biscuit should not touch (we call this kissing) as I recommend in regular biscuits so that the edges brown, but I still maintain a hot oven of 450°F.

Size of Biscuit – This recipe only makes eight biscuits. The dough round that the biscuits is cut from is about 7 inches in diameter, no more, as that will result in a flat dry biscuit. It’s very important that you do not roll this out any larger or flatter or you will be disappointed.

You Need Sticky Dough to Make a Good Biscuit

You need sticky dough. If you feel the dough is too sticky to work with, you can make these drop biscuits, but just spooning the dough onto the cookie sheet. You may want to watch the video to see how I deal with the sticky dough. I highly recommend you watch the video.

You Can Make This Dairy Free by Doing This

If you have to eat dairy free, substitute the buttermilk with almond milk, water or coconut milk along with a teaspoon of white vinegar.

Vinegar will add tenderness to the biscuit dough. Mix the egg right into the liquid.

Substitute the butter with this shortening by Nutiva. Using a fork, add in shortening in small pieces. You may need to use your hands. Freeze this for twenty minutes, and refrigerate the liquid. Once you add the liquid into this flour mixture, then mix according to the directions. Remember sticky dough!

Chicken Pot Pie with Gluten Free Biscuits, a Comfort Food Dinner

You may also like to make a dinner with these biscuits, making a gluten free Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits.

More Gluten Free Baking from Spinach Tiger

Gluten Free Strawberry Biscuits with video – Similar to this recipe, but sweeter and with strawberries. Instead of ricotta cheese, I use yogurt to get the right texture.

Gluten Free Pizza Crust – The one thing I missed the most was pizza. Friends, this gluten-free pizza crust is just simply amazing. It’s chewy and crispy and there’s a video.

My Absolute Favorite Gluten Free Baking Recipe is this Bread and It’s Easy

This recipe for Gluten Free French Bread is another one I did ten times to make it perfect. It’s so easy, made in 60 minutes start to finish, and you can freeze it.

Gluten Free Focaccia

You may also want to try these gluten free sweet potato biscuits.

You may also like my latest this grain freeBISCUITwhich is also keto, low-carb, low calorie and diabetic friendly, made with almond flour.

I get a lot of emails about this biscuit. Feel free to write me at anytime at SpinachTiger@me.com

Let me know what gluten free baking you would like me to do! What are you missing the most?