The best authentic Old-Fashioned Gluten-Free & Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits just like your Southern grandmother used to make! Soft, tender, flaky, and begging to be slathered with dairy-free butter, jam, or covered in gravy. This recipe is top-8 allergy-free and only 6 ingredients; in 12 minutes you’ll have warm pull-apart buns ready on the table!
Everyone, celiac or otherwise, needs a perfect recipe for some soft, flaky, buttermilk biscuits! A steaming bun you can pull-apart and slather with some dairy-free butter, jelly or jam, fruit butter or marmalade, and of course, some cozy gravy! A good buttermilk biscuit is not only a classic Southern staple, but a must-have for any bread basket, may it be the breakfast or dinner table!
I don’t exactly have any Southern roots, but I do know a good biscuit when I see (taste) one! Or I did, pre-celiac, aka my carefree childhood days! My mom never made any from scratch, but she would get various mixes from the store and the American Pillsbury classic! A “Grands!” Pillsbury buttermilk biscuit could always make a meal (my brother could eat the entire batch). They were so heavy, greasy, you never needed to add butter, that’s for sure!
When my mom got those “popping” condensed biscuit dough cans out of the fridge, my brother and I would gather in the kitchen and wait for the “explosion”. To open the refrigerated can of biscuit dough, you had to twist the can and “pop” the cardboard cylinder. Doing so made the can loudly POP (explode) open. You never knew the exact moment during the twist it would happen, so it would “scare” us and all 3 of us would scream and jump when the can opened. (All this excitement and anticipation around opening a can of biscuit dough!)
You don’t have to scare the whole house when you’re making THESE gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free buttermilk biscuits though! Just get out the iron and turn that oven on! That may mean these aren’t as “fun”, but they are a whole lot healthier, fresh, and delicious! Remember, anything made in a cast iron skillet can be branded as “rustic” (or “old-fashioned”)! That makes up for any “lack of explosion” in my opinion! You still get to pull these apart from each other and savor the flaky soft layers within!
Now, you may be wondering…How do I make vegan buttermilk? All you need is a little non-dairy milk and some trusty vinegar (or lemon juice!). Milk + Acid = Buttermilk! I’m using some coconut milk and vinegar here; super easy and the results are perfect! Moist, tender, these biscuits are so easy! You can’t deny a delicious dinner biscuit that only takes 6 ingredients and bakes up in about 12 minutes! This recipe is easy to double or triple, to fill the circumference of your skillet. You can eat them at breakfast, dinner, even as a snack! Spread on you favorite things, like some vegan butter or channel the Southern swag with some gravy!
Old-Fashioned Gluten-Free + Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits
- Vegan Buttermilk:
- 1 Cup Lite Culinary Coconut Milk
- 1 TB White Vinegar
- Biscuit Dough:
- 1 Cup Gluten-Free Baking Flour (or All Purpose)
- 1 Cup Sorghum Flour
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Baking Soda
- Pinch of Salt
- MELT Vegan Butter (melted, for brushing tops)
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- In a small bowl, mix together the coconut milk and vinegar. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix together.
- Pour in the buttermilk slowly into the center of the flour mixture and mix well until you form a stiff dough.
- Using your hands, form 6 (1/4 cup) rounded mounds with the dough.
- Place the biscuit mounds tightly packed together (they should be touching) in a greased seasoned cast iron skillet.
- Brush the tops of the biscuits with some of the melted butter before placing the whole skillet in the oven,
- Bake the biscuits for about 12 minutes, until golden brown. Remove, pull-apart, and enjoy!
Southern cooking has all the great cozy breads, am I right? Flaky buttermilk biscuits, cornbread, probably something else I’m neglecting to list, haha! My mom had actually been the one to request some good “go-to” gluten-free dinner biscuits and I feel as though I did that request justice. (I’m always taking her requests to heart!) My own request now if to make some stellar gluten-free vegan gravy! I was never a gravy person, but these buttermilk biscuits just seem to be begging for some!
So tell me:
+ Did you buy the Pillsbury biscuit cans? (The best!)
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Oooh! These look delicious! Going to give them a try!
Awesome! Enjoy!
No food allergies here but these look like a great, healthier option for our family!
It’s not really healthier, just a safe option, that is equally delicious as a classic version.
I didn’t know it was possible to make GF biscuits! I’ll be making this for sure.
Lol, of course it is.
Your biscuits look delicious, and as always, your photos are gorgeous 🙂
Thank you!
These look so good, I wish I could just try a little taste right now. I love that they are GF and allergy-free. While we are fortunate not to have allergies in our family anymore, all three of my kids had milk protein allergies as babies, so I’m familiar with milk substitutes.
Dairy allergies are the easiest to sub out!
I used to love popping open the cans of dough when I was a kid too…and if we’re being honest, I still do! Those biscuits look delicious and I love that they are gluten free!
Haha, right? Part of the experience!
These look lush, I will have to try them out!
They are so super easy to make!
Um yum you had me at biscuit!
Haha, enjoy!
These sound really yummy a be perfect for an afternoon treat X
Sure they can be!
These are just what I need!! I have been craving biscuits this week randomly.
Haha! Your bread dreams have some true!
Always looking for good gluten free recipes!
Enjoy!
I’m always looking for good vegan recipes! This looks great.
Thank you!
Nothing beats these old fashioned buttermilk biscuits. They are still one of the yummiest snacks that we can have.
Anyway, after reading this post — I got so inspired to make some as well. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Great! I hope you’re enjoying some biscuits this week then!
I’ve never been one for Gluten Free Bread. Just so dense and hard. But treating these more like scones makes better sense to me. Could be good!
Bread was basically my entire life before learning about a gluten intolerance. Recipes like this make me feel like I can go on! Haha.
Great! But there is no such thing as a gluten intolerance 😉
I think we would call these a variation of “scones” here in Scotland Rebecca. But who cares what they’re called eh? The look absolutely delicious!! Hope you have a great weekend!! 🙂
Scones are harder and not flaky, fluffy, soft like a pull-apart buttery biscuit 😉
Who doesn’t love a good buttermilk biscuitt? And GF to boot?!?! I will definitely give these a try!
Awesome! Enjoy!
I had no clue you could still make buttermilk even without cow’s milk! Learn something new everyday. 🙂 These look delicious, thank you!
Just a bit of acid does the trick! Works for dairy milk too!
These look SO wonderful. The texture looks absolutely perfect!
Yes! I’m so happy with how they came out!
Yum!! You can’t even tell those are gluten free!!
Nope, you can’t!
I’ve been gluten free for a little while now and I miss biscuits sooo much! I can’t wait to try these!
Great! I’m here to help fellow celiacs!
These look amazing. The images are gorgeous – and I always love a GF recipe!
Thank you!
I love biscuits! I’d love to try these!!
Awesome, go for it!
I pinned these to give them a try, I’ve decided to go vegan and I’m looking for all the yums!
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Great, enjoy!
I love this recipe! I’ve pinned it as well 🙂 My hubby and I are plant based about 75% of the time but we have sevearl friends who are gluten free and I like having some GF recipes on hand for when they come over. This will definitely come in handy when my friend visits us this weekend! Perfect timing 🙂
What does being plant-based have to do with it?
These look yummy! I am bringing a meal to friends who just had a baby and was a little overwhelmed with the ‘no gluten or dairy’ request. This is a perfect option!
Haha, well I hope you bring them a meal and not just biscuits 😛
These look so yummy! My niece out in San Diego has celiac and when we went camping last year we made biscuits but she couldnt eat them. I didnt realize how many ingredients can really mess with her digestion. I am forwarding this to her mom so that they can try these at home. Now I just have to find a great Gluten Free Gravy so we can do it southern style for her!
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I need to work on a gravy recipe soon 😉
These look delicious! I’m not gluten free, but I always love switching up my diet every now and again to include vegan, gluten-free items. And, I’m in the south, so biscuits are a must have recipe on hand! Thanks for sharing!
I bet you know a good biscuit then!
LOVE this recipe. I like that they are gluten free + vegan. Gonna try them out this weekend 🙂 I can imagine them with some chia jam.
Yup, perfect topping!
I’ve never been a fan of the biscuit cans. Love that yours are made in a skillet!
Lol, why?
these sound wonderful!
Thanks!