These American-style vegan buttermilk biscuits are flaky, fluffy, buttery, and perfect for enjoying with gravy, jam, and at Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Place the 6 tablespoons in a freezer-safe dish and chill in the freezer for 20 minutes.
In a glass liquid measuring cup or bowl, whisk together the soymilk and apple cider vinegar and allow to rest for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes on the counter, place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and prepare your baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
After 20 minutes, add the frozen vegan butter to the dry flour mixture and use a fork (or pastry cutter) to mix it in until it looks like a crumbly mixture.
Pour the soymilk mixture into the bowl and mix together by hand. Be careful not to overmix.
Add a handful of flour to your surface and spread it around. Using your hands, spread out the dough. Fold it in half, then fold it in half again, and then stretch it back out. Repeat this four times. If the dough is sticking, add a little more flour.
Spread the dough out about 1 ½ inches thick and use a round cookie cutter (or a cup that’s about 2 ½ to 3 inches wide) to stamp out biscuits and add them to the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes, until they’re lightly golden. Cool for 5 minutes.
Notes
Use frozen vegan butter: This is key to the dairy-free biscuit flaky consistency.
Adjust the sweetness: Reduce the amount of sugar if you want super savory vegan gravy biscuits or increase it for a sweet treat.
Don’t overwork the dough: Otherwise, you can overwork the gluten in the flour, leading to dense, tough American biscuits. Likewise, don’t handle the dough too much when folding it to avoid melting the vegan butter.