biscuit dough

Unbaked flaky mixture

Biscuit dough is a mixture of flour, fat, and liquid used to make biscuits—the fluffy, flaky quick breads common in American cooking.

The dough is handled minimally to keep it tender.

Refrigerated biscuit dough sold in tubes has become a convenience staple: She popped open a can of biscuit dough for breakfast.

Related

tender · kneading · shortening · buttermilk · oven · golden · layered · sticky · soft · cutting · rounds · risen · leavening · baking powder · baking soda · southern · homemade · from scratch

Categories
Opposites
cooked state

biscuit doughbaked goods

Foods made by baking

toasted bread · bread · pastry

preparation stage

biscuit doughfinished product

Completed manufactured good

leftovers · crumbs

texture/consistency

biscuit doughhardtack

Imperishable unleavened wafer

cracker · crusty bread · toast · zwieback

Family

biscuit, dough, biscuits, doughs, doughy, doughier, doughiest, doughnut, doughnuts

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G