Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour

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These Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you’ll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients to make them. 

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

Butter Swim Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour

Today I’m SO excited to share the easiest, hassle-free, most delicious homemade biscuit you’ll ever make!

Butter Dip Biscuits (also called Butter Swim Biscuits) are seriously the easiest homemade biscuit EVER with no biscuit cutter required and no rolling out and kneading the dough necessary.

Simply mix the dough, spread in a baking dish, and bake in the oven until golden brown.

And talk about buttery delicious – butter dip biscuits are simply divine!

Keep reading for the full recipe for these easy butter swim biscuits with self-rising flour, and check out my Youtube video tutorial over here.

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Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits (Butter Swim Biscuits)

It’s no secret, I’m a fan of making homemade biscuits, and to me there’s nothing better than chowing down on a warm, buttery, delicious biscuit that’s fresh from the oven.

If you’ve never tried my 3-Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits, do yourself a favor and grab that delicious recipe here.

And if you love Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits, grab my homemade version over here for seriously delicious (and easy) drop biscuits you’ll start making ALL the time.

But for those days where you don’t have time to roll out and knead dough and you want a biscuit recipe that can be made in just a few minutes time, that’s where these biscuits SAVE THE DAY.

Why you’ll love about Butter Swim Biscuits:

  • In case you’re new to the world of butter dip biscuits or as many people like to call them “butter swim biscuits”, I feel it’s my food blogger obligation to let you in on a little secret.
  • These butter biscuits are ridiculously GOOD. Like, you won’t be able to eat just one GOOD. Seriously – every time I make a batch of these in our house, they don’t last long and my boys and husband are always requesting I make another batch. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya! 😉

What are butter dip biscuits (aka butter swim biscuits)?

Butter dip biscuits are a simple homemade, buttermilk biscuit mixed together and spread into a melted butter pan.

But unlike traditional buttermilk biscuits there’s no rolling, kneading, or biscuit cutting required.

Instead, you simply mix your biscuit dough, melt some butter in a baking dish, and spread the dough right on top of the melted butter, before baking in the oven until golden brown.

They’re soft, fluffy, buttery, and SO delicious!

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Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

What are butter dip biscuits made of?

Butter dip biscuits are made with just 4 ingredients including self-rising flour, buttermilk, melted butter, and a tiny amount of granulated sugar to make them tender.

Why are they called butter dip biscuits? (Why are they called butter swim biscuits?)

They’re called butter dip biscuits because they’re baked in a pool of melted butter.

Many people also call them butter swim biscuits because they’re essentially biscuits swimming in a pan full of butter.

Once baked, butter dip biscuits are SO soft, tender, fluffy, and have a crispy, buttery bottom.

Trust me, once you eat one you’ll instantly know what all the fuss is about – they’re incredible!

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

Butter Dip Biscuits / Butter Swim Biscuits FAQ’s

Although I’ve used/tried a ton of brands (including store-brand), my absolute favorite is this self-rising flour.

It creates the absolute BEST biscuits, cookies, and cakes.

Yes, if you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make your own by combining all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.

Follow this homemade self rising flour recipe.

Buttermilk not only tastes great in biscuits, but the high acidity and full fat content helps create tall, fluffy, and tender-soft biscuits.

I recommend using this full fat buttermilk.

Yes, while buttermilk is recommended you can use regular milk. I would strongly recommend using whole milk or 2% at the least for the best texture/flavor.

Butter dip biscuits are best made with full fat buttermilk but if you really want to make these biscuits and don’t have time to run to the store, you can make your own with milk and vinegar.

How to Make Buttermilk:

  1. Pour 1 cup of milk into a small bowl and add in 1 tablespoon of white vinegar.
  2. Stir and let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes before using it.
What kind of baking dish should I use?

I’d recommend using a square or rectangle baking dish to make butter dip biscuits.

I love making these biscuits in an 8×8 Baking Dish, which make a taller biscuit.

Alternatively you can make it in a 7×11 Baking Dish (like in the photo below), which will make them a little thinner.

These are my favorite type of pans to make butter dip biscuits in since they have lids for easily storing leftovers.

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

How To Make Butter Dip Biscuits

In case you’re wondering how to make butter swim biscuits, then you’re in the right place!

These butter dip biscuits are SO easy and even the most beginner baker can make them.

They’re also super easy to make because you only need just 4 simple ingredients and a few basic baking tools to make them.

P.S. You can watch my step-by-step video tutorial over here. 

How to Make Butter Swim Biscuits in 3 Easy Steps

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits Ingredients:

  • Self-Rising Flour – no extra leavening agents required
  • Buttermilk – I recommend using full-fat whole buttermilk for the best flavor/texture
  • Butter – I prefer using salted but you can also use unsalted and add 1 tsp of salt if watching sodium intake
  • Granulated Sugar – counterbalances the salty from the butter/buttermilk and makes the biscuits perfectly soft and tender

Kitchen Tools Recommended:

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

1. Melt Butter and Prepare Pan

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

2. Make The Biscuit Dough

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

3. Pour Dough In Pan and Score It

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

4. Bake In The Oven

Bake in the oven until the biscuits are a light golden brown and let cool for 5 minutes before cutting and serving warm.

I love to eat mine with strawberry jam on them – so good!

Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you'll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients including buttermilk, self rising flour, sugar, and melted butter.

Butter Swim Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour Recipe + Video Tutorial

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These Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour (AKA Butter Swim Biscuits) are an easy, soft, fluffy, and delicious homemade biscuit you’ll want to make again and again! No mixing, kneading, or biscuit cutting required and you only need 4 ingredients to make them. 

  • Author: Kindly Unspoken
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 12 biscuits 1x
  • Category: Breakfast, Dinner, Bread
  • Method: Oven, Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Next, melt 1 stick of butter in a microwave-safe bowl and place in a 8×8 Baking Dish or 7×11 Baking Dish. Make sure you spread it into all the corners and up on the sides slightly. Set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together self-rising flour and sugar, and pour in buttermilk. Gently fold until just combined and the mixture is lumpy and looks like cottage cheese. Be careful to not overmix the biscuit dough, stir until JUST combined.
  3. Pour the biscuit dough into the prepared baking dish with melted butter and evenly spread with a spatula. It’s A-Okay if some of the butter seeps onto the top of the biscuit dough.
  4.  Use a butter knife and cut the dough into 9 or 12 even squares.  Bake in the oven for 25-28 minutes (if using 8×8 pan) or 18-22 minutes (if using 7×11 pan) or until the tops are a light golden brown.
  5. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before cutting and serving warm.
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Notes

  • Leftover butter dip biscuits should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week.
  • Butter swim biscuits are also freezer-friendly and can be frozen for up to 3 months.
  • To freeze, let the butter dip biscuits cool completely after baking. Transfer to a freezer safe airtight container or place in a single layer in a freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to eat, thaw them at room temperature or microwave single biscuits for 30 seconds at a time or until warm.

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How to Store Butter Swim Biscuits (Butter Dip Biscuits)

Leftover butter dip biscuits should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Butter swim biscuits are also freezer-friendly and can be frozen for up to 3 months.

How to Freeze Butter Dip Biscuits:

After baking, let the butter dip biscuits cool completely. Transfer to a freezer safe airtight container or place in a single layer in a freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months.

When ready to eat, thaw them at room temperature or microwave single biscuits for 30 seconds at a time or until warm.

What to Serve with Butter Dip Biscuits:

Butter dip biscuits (AKA butter swim biscuits) are one of my favorites to make because they’re so quick and easy to prepare and super yummy for breakfast or lunch/dinner.

Our family loves making them into bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits for a weekend breakfast, or served alongside so many country style dinners.

For Breakfast:
  • With Breakfast Casserole
  • With Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Cheese, etc.
  • Sausage Gravy
  • Scrambled Eggs
  • Breakfast Potatoes
For Lunch/Dinner:

Try these delicious butter biscuits with one of our family’s favorite dinner recipes!

For a Snack/Side:

These butter swim biscuits are also delicious completely on their own with a slab of your favorite condiment.

  • Softened Butter
  • Jams & Jellies
  • Honey
  • Favorite Nut Butter

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s recipe for my Easy Butter Dip Biscuits with Self-Rising Flour. Have you ever made butter dip biscuits or butter swim biscuits? Let me know in the comments below and check out these popular recipes next!

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Thanks for stopping by! – Cara

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22 Comments

  1. So easy AND delicious! I didn’t even have buttermilk on hand, so I made it out of 2% milk I had with vinegar. It turned absolutely delicious!

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  2. OMG, these were stupid good!! We don’t eat a lot of bread around here, but I’ve been craving biscuits since it’s turned cooler. I call myself a seasoned cook, but biscuits have never been my thing, though I can make a mean cornbread! I halved the recipe because it’s just me and my husband and I knew if I made 12, we’d eat 12! lol So, I made six and yep, we tore them up! I tossed my butter into my pan and put the whole thing in the oven while it was heating up, keeping an eye on it so the butter wouldn’t burn. They turned out great!! Thanks!!

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  3. Just the recipe I need I do not like to roll out busquit and knead this hit my need Thank you and put butter on oven to melt

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      1. This recipe is so easy. The biscuits turned out great. I love the unique texture. It’s like a cross between a biscuit and a English muffin. The bottom developed a slight crunch, which I loved. Has anyone tried making this in a loaf pan? I think it would make great bread for sandwiches and toast. Thanks for the recipe. This one is a keeper.

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        1. I’m so happy to hear you loved it, Greg! I love how the bottom gets crispy too. I haven’t personally tried it in a loaf pan, but I’m sure that’d be delicious. Let us know if you try it that way and what baking time worked for you.

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  5. I was looking for a recipe using self rising flour as that was all I had. Came across this recipe. We love it! My husband is from the south and says these maybe the best he’s ever tasted. I’ve made them 2x in 3 days and now we are making a big batch for our Sabbath fellowship. So light, fluffy, and buttery with a crunch. Thank you for sharing our new favorite.

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  6. These are delicious and so easy to make. I didn’t feel like kneading dough and found this recipe. They turned out great. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. My god! Do you get paid by the word or something? And if this thing were printed out on a piece of paper it would be three or four feet long. I kept scrolling and scrolling and scrolling down through all the clickbait b******* and nowhere in your recipe did you have the quantity of ingredients listed in the recipe. Nowhere. Just a bunch of extraneous crap. What a waste of time.

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    1. Hi Michael – Actually at the very top of the page there’s a button in pink that says “jump to recipe”. It takes you straight to the printable recipe which lists out all the ingredients and step-by-step instructions. Kindness goes a long way in this world, you might want to try that next time.

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    2. You know Michael, that was very rude of you. The recipe sounds amazing and I will definitely try it! Frankly, I don’t see the purpose of your post, unless it was just to let off steam or maybe you were having a bad day. But still that is no excuse. You just need to find some manners. Cara sounds like a very nice person and she is more polite than I am. Needless to say, the comment was inexcusable. If you don’t like the recipe, say so. But there is no reason to attack her personally. Sorry Cara, wasn’t my place to say this, but I despise rudeness. Recipe sounds amazing and I will be making it tomorrow.

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    3. Heavy drinking and making biscuits obviously isn’t a good combo. Next time hit the button that says ” jump to recipe”

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