- The range of foods these biscuits complement is one of their greatest virtues. For a Southern-style breakfast or brunch, they’re the natural vehicle for sausage gravy — split, pulled apart, and covered with a creamy, savory white gravy with crumbled sausage throughout. Alongside scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, and fresh fruit, they make a complete brunch plate that requires very little additional preparation. For dinner, they pair naturally with chicken and noodles, a pot of ham and white beans, vegetable soup, or any braise or stew with plenty of liquid to soak into the biscuit when it’s split. In spring and summer, topped with sliced fresh strawberries and whipped cream sweetened with a teaspoon of sugar, they become the base for a quick, very good strawberry shortcake that takes advantage of the biscuit’s savory-sweet tension with the fruit. A dish of softened, salted butter and a jar of good preserves or honey on the table alongside a basket of these biscuits is essentially all the accompaniment they need.
Storage
Drop biscuits are at their very best straight from the oven, still warm in the hand with the butter still glistening on top. They remain good for eating at room temperature for the rest of the day of baking. Store leftovers in an airtight container or a zip-lock bag at room temperature for up to two days; the texture softens noticeably after the first few hours as the crust absorbs moisture from the air. Reheat in a 350°F oven for five minutes to restore some of the original crispness, or split and toast for a crunchier result. For longer storage, freeze individually wrapped biscuits for up to one month and reheat from frozen at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes.
Simple Biscuits, Worth Every Sunday
Southern 3-Ingredient Drop Biscuits are one of those recipes where the simplicity is the point — not as a compromise or a shortcut, but as the correct approach to a particular kind of baking. Three ingredients mixed with a light hand, dropped onto a baking sheet, slid into a hot oven: the result is golden, fluffy, buttery biscuits that hold their own alongside any breakfast, brunch, or dinner they’re placed next to. There’s nothing to improve about the method because nothing about the method is wrong. Make them once on a Sunday morning and you’ll understand immediately why this is the recipe that gets passed down.
Enjoy!
3-Ingredient Drop Biscuits
