These sweet blueberry drop biscuits have a wonderfully crisp crust on the outside with a soft classic biscuit texture on the inside. Unlike rolled biscuits, drop biscuits have a slightly stickier dough that can be dropped like cookies onto a baking sheet.
This dairy-free blueberry drop biscuits recipe was shared with us by White Lily, the makers of self-rising flour, and slightly adapted.
We’re sharing these dairy-free blueberry drop biscuits now, as inspiration for the 8 ingredient or less March Recipe Madness Contest. See what amazing things you can make with just a handful of ingredients (only 5 in these!)?
Special Diet Notes & Options: Blueberry Drop Biscuits
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, vegan, and vegetarian.
For soy-free blueberry drop biscuits, be sure to pick a soy-free shortening, such as Spectrum or Nutiva. Coconut oil may also work as a substitute.
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ cup dairy-free non-hydrogenated shortening, chilled
- ⅔ to ¾ cup dairy-free milk alternative (such as coconut milk beverage), plus additional as needed
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, if frozen, do not thaw
- Preheat your oven to 500°F and grease a baking sheet or line it with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until crumbs are the size of peas. Blend in just enough milk with a fork until dough leaves sides of bowl. If needed, add more milk to form soft dough. Gently stir in blueberries.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet 1 to 2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool for 2 minutes. Split and serve warm with butter.
13 Comments
What if I don’t have self rising flour?
Recipe sounds super:)
Here’s a good quick recipe for self-rising flour -> http://allrecipes.com/recipe/149310/self-rising-flour/
Can I use butter substitute instead of the shortening??
Yes, if you don’t need dairy-free, that should work. I would just add more flour if needed.
There is a reason why blueberries are 3 for $3 at the supermarket- I need to hunt down that shortening though, I didn’t know Nutiva made some!
Yes, they have a new shortening and buttery spread (reviews for both coming soon!). I recommend the shortening thus far – the buttery spread is good, and has good ingredients, but it’s not very spreadable or easy to measure (too solid and crumbly).
Ooooh yum! I love drop biscuits because they’re so much easier than rolling out the dough, cutting it, etc…. and blueberries are so delicious!
These look good. I’m going to make them for breakfast this Sunday morning. Thanks for the recipe!
Fabulous! I hope that you enjoy them!
Perfect for summer! I love blueberries!
HI! Here from fb social sharing page 😉 because I’m all about a good and simple blueberry biscuit!
Awesome, me too!
I love the look of this recipe – too easy for me not to make, like, tomorrow! I love that they have blueberries… cannot wait to try!