Emergency Biscuits (Super Easy, No Milk, No butter) - Kasheribbean (2024)

FAQs

Can I use water instead of milk in biscuits? ›

2 cups of flour. 1 cup of liquid (milk, buttermilk, or water) 1/2 cup of fat (butter, stick margarine, or shortening)

But if you want to save a few bucks and a few calories, margarine is a great alternative that may even make the biscuits taste better.

Buttermilk adds an acid component that activates the leavening effect of baking powder/soda, making the batter rise better. Regular milk can't be substituted in recipes that call for buttermilk. Each has it's place in baking, but they are not interchangeable.

As a last resort, you can also use water to replace milk for your baking recipe. Your final bake will not be as rich as if you used milk or other milk alternatives. If the recipe only needs a small amount of milk, such as 60ml, then replacing milk with just water should be fine.

For biscuits, scones and pie pastry, in which cold, solid butter is cut into dry ingredients, oil is a poor substitute because the dry ingredients would absorb the oil, yielding a sodden dough. Cakes, quick breads, brownies and certain cookies—in which butter usually is creamed or melted—have a bit more wiggle room.

Replacement ratio: 1:1

Mayonnaise may be a better butter substitute for recipes which need melted butter.

Just as important as the fat is the liquid used to make your biscuits. Our Buttermilk Biscuit recipe offers the choice of using milk or buttermilk. Buttermilk is known for making biscuits tender and adding a zippy tang, so we used that for this test.

What can I use to make biscuits if I don't have buttermilk? ›

To replace 1 cup (240 mL) of buttermilk in a recipe, combine 3/4 cup (172 grams) of sour cream with 1/4 cup (60 mL) of water or milk, and whisk the mixture until smooth.

There are air spaces throughout the digestive biscuits. We can drop water onto the biscuit to see how much it absorbs. This will show that the biscuit is porous because the water runs into the air gaps. Biscuits have an open porous structure to make them easy to eat.

Milk or Buttermilk: I love how this recipe works with milk or buttermilk. If you love the tangy flavor of buttermilk, use it.

Mix one cup of water with 1 ½ teaspoons melted butter. Water can be used in most recipes that call for milk. According to the USDA, 88 percent of the volume of milk is water.

To make Bisquick pancakes without milk (or Bisquick biscuits without milk), substitute an equal amount water or non-dairy milk for the milk called for on the recipe on the package. Add any other ingredients, such as oil and eggs, as instructed.