Vegan "buttermilk" Southern Style Biscuits

"This is an incredibly simple recipe for "Buttermilk" Southern style biscuits, minus the dairy and cholesterol! I adapted this recipe from a traditional biscuit recipe and these take only a few minutes to make and use incredibly simple ingredients. Eat them with butter and preserves, or even vegan gravy! P.S. - I've made these for non-vegans and they didn't even know that these were vegan."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Use your mixer, or use a large-ish mixing bowl. Add dry ingredients and mix together with a fork so ingredients are combined thoroughly.
  • Then add the Earth Balance and cut into the dry mixture with two knives scissoring against another (or use mixer). The consistency should be lumpy/flaky and E.B. should be about pea-size, as it is important to keep it mealy/flaky for flakier biscuits.
  • Next measure the soymilk and add the lemon juice to it, allowing it to sit for a few minutes (the lemon juice sours the soymilk giving it a buttermilk like taste).
  • Add the soymilk mixture and mix thoroughly (until combined) but do not over mix (occasionally I have to add a few extra tblsp. of soy milk, if the dough isn't completely incorporated at bottom of mixer). The dough texture should be able to be handled and formed easily, without losing shape (a bit tacky is okay but not sticky). Flour a board and gently roll dough into a log, cut into 7-8 generous slices, place on sheet (with the cut sides on the side and the top on the top) and bake until golden (15 minutes approximately).

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Reviews

  1. WOW!! Wonderful OH so Wonderful. these are definitely a 10, on the rating scale. Not only are they delicious, they are so easy to make and eat. I did substitute 1/2 cup of wheat flour, they were equally delicious. Next time I will try 100% wheat flour. I also only had almond milk (sweetened) and a lime, which worked great, and this is recipe so easily adaptable as I'm finding out. Thank you.. x 10, this one is a WINNER. I also posted a picture of my results! Gotta' go and make another batch...
     
  2. I give this recipe all 5 stars. Biscuits were light, crust delicatly crumbly but next time I will bake them a little bit longer for more golden color. I used Convection Microwave oven on 180C for 15 min. I followed recipe and from my experience, if others did not achieve perfect result, they must overhandeled dough. I will share this recipe in good faith as you did.
     
  3. I gave this recipe 3 stars because it is probably very good for a vegan biscuit. It certainly doesn't compare to or taste like my regular buttermilk biscuits. I made these only because I had a vegan friend staying with us and wanted to make her comfortable. She loved them (I think, perhaps she was just being polite) but my family could barely finish one. Again, that might be because they are spoilt by my regular ones.
     
  4. The best vegan biscuits I have ever made. They are amazing. :) So easy to make.
     
  5. YUMMO! These biscuits were very tasty! And in addition to that they were easy to make and looked beautiful! The only changes I made were to use oat milk in place of the soy milk cause I cant have soy and to add some dried dill to the batter. And somehow I had problems slicing biscuits from a log so I changed methods and cut them with a glass. They still rose nicely! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely recipe with us, MellyLou! Ill definitely make it again! Made and reviewed for one of my babies in PAC Fall 09.
     
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  1. YUMMO! These biscuits were very tasty! And in addition to that they were easy to make and looked beautiful! The only changes I made were to use oat milk in place of the soy milk cause I cant have soy and to add some dried dill to the batter. And somehow I had problems slicing biscuits from a log so I changed methods and cut them with a glass. They still rose nicely! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely recipe with us, MellyLou! Ill definitely make it again! Made and reviewed for one of my babies in PAC Fall 09.
     

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A vegan who loves non-vegan tasting vegan food! I search high and low for recipes that taste great, with ingredients that are low in sugar, fat and cholestoral. I'm vegan not just for health and animal rights, but for the health of our entire planet (a.k.a. sustainability). I'm an Art Center College of Design graduate (Environmental Design) and currently I make recycled stylish bags: nonnibags.com . <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg">
 
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