What Is Biscuit dough and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about biscuit dough and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 16 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using biscuit dough

There are 16 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Greek Biscuits

Flaky biscuit pockets stuffed with crumbled feta, chopped green olives, dill, and a squeeze of lemon. Baked golden at 400F in just 10 minutes for a savory Greek-style appetizer.

Baked Biscuit Dough Donuts

Refrigerated biscuit dough is used in this recipe. Fill with your favorite jam or preserves, if you like.

Blackberry Roly-poly

A rustic classic filled with blackberries, from my Grandmother's recipe book.

Tangy Roast Beef Pockets

Stuffed roast beef pockets made with refrigerated biscuit dough, cream cheese, pimentos, and a tangy honey-horseradish-Dijon sauce. A quick handheld dinner in 40 minutes.

Turkey & Swiss Pockets

Turkey and Swiss cheese pockets made with store-bought biscuit dough and honey mustard. A 4-ingredient shortcut dinner or snack that bakes up golden and melty in under 30 minutes.

Quick Cranberry Cobbler

Substitute the cake for the cobbler with this quick and easy to follow recipe.

Brunch on the Run

A fast egg bake layered over store-bought biscuit dough with diced ham and two melted cheeses. Feeds 6, takes 40 minutes, and uses ingredients you probably already have. Weekend brunch, weeknight dinner, works both ways.

Mini Apple Pies

Mini apple pies use refrigerated biscuit dough as a fast pastry shortcut. Each rolled biscuit wraps a tablespoon of cinnamon-sugar apple-raisin filling and bakes in muffin cups. Ten warm hand pies in 15 minutes.

Another Chicken Pot Pie

Quick chicken pot pie with creamy vegetable filling topped with golden biscuit pieces for a comforting weeknight dinner ready in 35 minutes using shortcuts.

Slow Cooker Chicken & Dumplings

Like to be made in ceramic crock pot. so that it can be put in oven to cook biscuits.

Tuna Roll Up

Tuna salad rolled up in biscuit dough, sliced into pinwheels, and baked until golden. Served with creamy mushroom sauce, these easy tuna roll-ups make a cozy weeknight dinner the whole family will love.

Impossible Chocolate Pie

Impossible chocolate pie: blend everything in a blender, pour into a pie plate, and bake. The pie forms its own crust as it bakes. A crustless chocolate custard pie with 2 minutes of prep.

Cheddar Biscuit Quiche

Shortcut quiche using refrigerated biscuit dough as the crust, filled with cheddar cheese, chopped ham, eggs, and milk. A hearty brunch or weeknight dinner ready in about an hour.

Ham Rolls with Cheese Sauce

Ham and mustard biscuit rolls with a sharp cheddar cheese sauce. Ground ham, butter, and mustard rolled into biscuit dough, sliced into pinwheels, and baked golden brown.

Fig & Cherry Cobbler

Fig and cherry cobbler with dried figs, cherry pie filling, cinnamon, and drop biscuit topping. A bubbly, old-fashioned fruit cobbler that starts hot and finishes at moderate heat.

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