{"id":711,"date":"2026-08-31T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/flaky-kefir-biscuits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:30:19","slug":"flaky-kefir-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/flaky-kefir-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Flaky Kefir Biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div id=\"ktw-main\" class=\"ktw-main ktw-recipe-page\">\n\t\t<header class=\"ktw-recipe-hero\"><div class=\"ktw-shell ktw-recipe-hero__grid ktw-recipe-hero__grid--visual\">\n\t\t\t<div><p class=\"ktw-kicker\">Internet-tested baking<\/p><h1>Flaky Kefir Biscuits<\/h1><p class=\"ktw-lead\">Cold butter, kefir, and a simple fold-and-stack method create tall biscuits with crisp tops and soft layers. They work beside soup, eggs, fried chicken, jam, or honey.<\/p><div class=\"ktw-recipe-facts ktw-recipe-facts--inline\"><div><span>Time<\/span><strong>35 minutes, plus 20 minutes freezing and 20 to 25 minutes baking<\/strong><\/div><div><span>Makes<\/span><strong>8 to 10 biscuits<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"ktw-recipe-finished\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/wp-content\/plugins\/kefir-design-system\/assets\/images\/recipes\/flaky-kefir-biscuits-finished.webp\" width=\"1448\" height=\"1086\" alt=\"A finished serving of flaky kefir biscuits\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/figure>\t\t<\/div><\/header>\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"ktw-article-utility\" aria-label=\"Recipe tools\" data-ktw-save-scope=\"recipe\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" data-ktw-save aria-pressed=\"false\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-bookmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Save<\/span><\/button>\t\t<button type=\"button\" data-ktw-utility-copy><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Copy<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" data-ktw-print><i class=\"fa-solid fa-print\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Print<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t<p class=\"screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-ktw-utility-status><\/p>\n\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<section class=\"ktw-section ktw-section--cream\"><div class=\"ktw-shell ktw-recipe-grid\">\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"ktw-recipe-ingredients\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ktw-eyebrow\">What you need<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>440 g plain flour<\/li><li>2 tablespoons baking powder<\/li><li>1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li><li>1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon fine salt<\/li><li>225 g very cold unsalted butter, cubed<\/li><li>240 ml cold plain milk kefir, plus a little for brushing<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ktw-recipe-method\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ktw-eyebrow\">Make it<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Method<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Heat the oven to 220\u00b0C and line a large tray.<\/li><li>Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Rub in the cold butter until pea-sized pieces remain.<\/li><li>Pour in the kefir and fold only until a rough dough comes together.<\/li><li>Pat to 2.5 cm thick, cut in half, stack, and flatten. Repeat the cut-and-stack twice more.<\/li><li>Pat to about 2 cm thick, cut 8 to 10 biscuits, and freeze on the tray for 20 minutes.<\/li><li>Brush with kefir and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until tall and golden. Cool 5 minutes before serving.<\/li><\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ktw-recipe-why\"><h3>Why these flavors work<\/h3><p>Kefir replaces buttermilk and reacts with the baking soda. Repeated stacking builds visible layers without kneading the dough.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ktw-recipe-help\" aria-label=\"Storage, substitutions, and quick fixes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><h3>Store it<\/h3><p>Best warm on the day of baking. Freeze cooled biscuits and reheat in the oven.<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><h3>A substitution that works<\/h3><p>Fold in cheddar and chives, black pepper, or chopped rosemary after cutting in the butter.<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><h3>If the texture is wrong<\/h3><p>Flat biscuits usually came from warm butter or twisting the cutter. Keep everything cold and press straight down.<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"ktw-section\"><div class=\"ktw-shell ktw-next-step\"><div><p class=\"ktw-eyebrow\">Keep exploring<\/p><h2>Find another way to use kefir<\/h2><\/div><a data-no-translation-href class=\"ktw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/recipes\/\">Browse all recipes<\/a><\/div><\/section>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kefir.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}