
Title: Gluten-Free Sourdough Biscuits
Cooking time: 22 minutes
Preparation time: 1 hour
Category: Bread
Original Page from s:Use Cultures for Health Gluten Free Sourdough Starter, available on Amazon https://amzn.to/4c7iiIT. You will need to start feeding your starter in advance to have some discard to use in this recipe.
Add 2 cups gluten-free flour blend, 2 tablespoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon sea salt to a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to blend the dry ingredients.
You can cut the 7 tablespoons unsalted butter into the dry ingredients one of two ways. You can use a pastry cutter as I show above, or you can freeze the butter and use a cheese grater to grate the butter into the dry ingredients.
Add 1 cup gluten-free sourdough discard to your 1/2 cup milk or non-dairy milk am using oat milk in my test.) My discard became a little firm when stored in the refrigerator. It softened easily when I whisked it into the milk.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix the ingredients into a nice, workable dough. The dough shouldn't be too sticky or dry.
Optional: Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 30-45 minutes.
Remove the dough and preheat the oven to 425º F. I also check to ensure the oven rack is positioned in the middle of the oven.
You can shape these biscuits one of two ways, in a circle with a biscuit cutter or cut them as squares (easiest!) For this recipe, I am going for easy! Dust a silicone mat with a little flour and place the dough on the mat.
Flatten your dough with your hands or a rolling pin, fold it over itself, and flatten it again three times. This helps give structure for layers to rise during baking. Try to do this quickly so the butter doesn't melt. Take a dough scraper and use it to cut the dough into biscuit squares. You can make them any size you like.
Place the dough squares onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. If you do not have parchment paper, you can use a gluten-free baking spray to grease your pan.
Brush the tops of each biscuit with milk. This helps the tops get nice and browned.
Bake the biscuits for 22-25 minutes. The actual baking time can vary depending on the size and thickness of your biscuit dough. You will know the biscuits are done baking when they are risen up and the tops are golden brown.
Removed the baked biscuits to a cooling rack.
Author's notes - I tested this recipe with Cup4Cup (the old formulation with dairy), but any of the 10 flour blends I tested in my Gluten-Free Biscuits Recipe should work well.
If you use another blend, it is very normal that you may need more liquid. Every flour blend has a different starch-to-grain ratio. You can learn more about this in Why Gluten-Free Flour Blends Vary So Much.
I used oat milk, but regular milk or any plant-based milk will work. If you are dairy-free, use a plant-based butter as well.
Use salted or unsalted cold butter. If you use salted, omit the additional salt.
Store your sourdough biscuits in an airtight container. I always recommend freezing them if you don’t plan to eat them all in a couple of days. Gluten-free baked goods tend to spoil quicker. Freeze them in a freezer-safe zipper bag. notes:They thaw perfectly in 35 seconds in the microwave oven.
Nutrition per biscuit - Calories 181kcal, Carbohydrates 24g, Protein 4g, Fat 9g, Saturated Fat 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat 1g, Monounsaturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0.3g, Cholesterol 21mg, Sodium 242mg, Potassium 261mg, Fiber 3g, Sugar 1g, Vitamin A 291IU, Vitamin C 1mg, Calcium 139mg, Iron 1mg