Whole Wheat Sourdough Biscuits Recipes

GRANDMA'S SOURDOUGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Cut in the margarine or butter.
• Mix in sourdough starter.
• Turn out dough onto lightly floured board.
• Knead a few times, until all of the flour is mixed in.
• Pat/roll dough to 3/4" and cut out biscuits; place them on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 425°F for 12-15 minutes, until slightly brown.

EASY WHOLE WHEAT SOURDOUGH DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Stir together the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl, then cut in the butter with a fork, pastry blender, or two knives.
• Stir together the sourdough starter and milk in a large mixing cup.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the starter and milk to the well. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until it is just combined, taking care not to overmix.
• Cover with a kitchen towel and allow the dough to rise and ferment for 6-8 hours.
• Butter a baking sheet and preheat the oven to 400°F. Carefully scoop out the biscuit dough with a spoon (taking care to not deflate the dough) and place on the baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for around 20-30 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack until ready to serve.

SOURDOUGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Stir together baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, sugar, and 1½ cups flour with a fork in a large bowl. Add ½ cup chilled butter and toss with your hands or fork just to coat. Using your fingers, smash butter into flat disks (if you miss a few, it will be fine). Using a pastry cutter or fork, work butter into dry ingredients until shaggy crumbles form (you should have some large pieces, some small pieces, some flat pieces, and some sandy flour).
• Add sourdough starter and mix gently with fork to incorporate, then fold with your hands just until dough comes together with just a few crumbly pieces in the bottom of the bowl.
• Transfer dough to a well-floured surface and pat out with your hands until about ½" thick (the shape doesn't matter too much at this point). Fold into thirds as you would a letter to create a rough rectangle. Working from short sides, fold in thirds like a letter again. Pat dough out to a ½"-thick square. Repeat folding process. Pat out dough for a third time to a 1"-thick square-it should feel airy, like a pillow at this point. Using a floured 2½"-diameter biscuit cutter or glass, punch out as many biscuits as you can (do not twist cutter). Transfer biscuits to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, spacing at least 1" apart.
• Using your hands, gently press scraps into a rectangle, then fold in half. Pat out to a 1"-thick rectangle and cut out more biscuits. Gather remaining scraps together to form 1 final biscuit (you should have 10 total). Transfer to baking sheet. Brush biscuit tops with 2 Tbsp. melted butter and sprinkle with sea salt if desired
• Bake biscuits until tall and golden and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the side of a biscuit registers 205°F), 12-15 minutes.

THE BEST WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl combine the dry ingredients. Mix well with whisk or fork.
• Cut the ½ stick butter into little pea sized pieces and then mix the pieces into the flour mixture.
• Using a fork or pastry blender, try to mash the butter pieces as you mix it together with the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. It is okay if the outcome just looks like the same pea sized pieces of butter covered with flour.
• Then pour in the milk and mix it all together. Knead the dough with your hands 8 to 10 times (for best results do not over-knead the dough) and then turn out onto a floured surface (like a counter or cutting board).
• Pat it out flat with your hands until the dough is a somewhat even ¾-inch thickness (sprinkle with a little flour if necessary).
• Turn a drinking glass upside down and cut out biscuit rounds. I have also used shaped cookie cutters (like a heart or star) if you have little ones helping you!
• Then place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet or in a cast iron skillet and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!

WHOLE WHEAT SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the levain in water. Add both flours, salt, and mix the ingredients together. Cover and let rest for 30 minutees to an hour.
• Perform the first set of stretching and folding.
• Perform an additional set of stretches and folds. Cover and let rest.
• Perform the final set of stretches and folds. Cover and let rest.
• Depending on your ambient temperature, the dough should double in size by this time. If not let it ferment until it does. If the room is too cold, place the bowl in the oven with the light on. When it does, divide the dough into two equal pieces. Shape into balls and place, seam side down, in proofing baskets. Cover and keep in a cool room (about 55F-60F) overnight. You may also refrigerate the dough but make sure the fridge does not run too cold.
• If the dough was refrigerated, take it out of the fridge and let sit at room temperature for 2 hours or even longer, until you see some increase in the volume from the last night and the dough passes the 'finger poke' test. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 500F.
• When ready to bake, prepare two pieces of parchment paper, turn the dough over on the parchment sheets, score and load in the oven.
• Drop the temperature to 485F and bake with steam for 20 minutes. If baking in a cloche or a cast iron combo cooker, there is no need to worry about the steam. Next, bake without steam at 450F for 30 minutes.
• Remove bread from the oven. Cool on a cooling rack for an hour before slicing.

FLUFFY WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in bowl. Cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in buttermilk until just moistened.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8 to 10 times. Roll to about 3/4-inch thickness; cut with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.

SOURDOUGH WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix all dry ingredients in a medium size bowl.
• Cut in the butter and work in starter until well blended.
• Turn out onto floured surface and knead gently for 2 minutes.
• Roll dough to 1 inch thickness.
• Cut into 2-inch rounds with biscuit butter and place on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes and serve hot from the oven.

WHOLE WHEAT SOURDOUGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a large bowl. Cut in butter until pea-sized. Add sourdough starter and stir just until dough holds together.
• Transfer to a floured board and knead 5 to 10 times. Pat to a 3/4-inch thickness and cut into 10 biscuits. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.