We love to bake, but we’ll be the first to say it—sometimes, we just can’t be bothered with all the measuring of ingredients (with a scale, no less??), the rolling out of pie crust, or waiting for bread dough to rise. Can you relate? If so, these shortcut hacks using one of our favorite store-bought ingredients are for you. Like a tube of crescent roll dough or a bag of pizza dough before it, a can of biscuit dough (like Pillsbury Grands) is about to become your new best friend. Check out these 55 biscuit dough hacks to see what we mean, then add some to your grocery list STAT.
Store-bought biscuit dough is also super versatile. You can use it to make pull-apart breads, like our breakfast monkey bread, our maple bacon pull-apart bread, or our babka monkey bread. They’re also wonderful for turning into easy-to-assemble, bite-sized bombs, like our breakfast bombs, our cranberry brie bombs, or our buffalo chicken bombs. They also make great pretzels—all you need is a little baking soda for that classic flavor, and biscuit dough makes a pretty legitimate facsimile of the ballpark or street vendor fave in our soft pretzel bites or our cheesy pretzel twists.
It can also just be…biscuits! Our , our chicken pot pie casserole, our , and our chicken ‘n’ biscuit sliders all let them shine just as they are. Which do you prefer? Biscuits in disguise, or as a shortcut to a quick and easy meal or snack that doesn’t involve any mixing or kneading? Let us know in the comments below!
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Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
If chicken pot pie excites you, but pie crust intimidates you, you’ve arrived at the perfect recipe. Classic chicken pot pie filling is baked into a stress-free casserole and, best of all, topped with biscuits for that tantalizing golden brown finish.
Get the Chicken Pot Pie Casserole recipe.
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Breakfast Bombs
These easy-to-make biscuit bombs are stuffed with all your favorite breakfast foods—scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, and CHEESE. You could make them in the oven, but they take less than half the time in your air fryer.
Get the Breakfast Bombs recipe.
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Pepperoni Pizza Biscuit Skillet
Forget stretching out pizza dough. To prepare this recipe, pop open a can of biscuits and separate it into individual biscuits. All you have to do is cut each one into 6 pieces and toss with some pizza sauce, mozzarella, chopped up pepperoni, fresh basil, and there you go!
Get the Pepperoni Pizza Biscuit Skillet recipe.
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Chicken Bacon Ranch Bubble-Up Bake
ng name, amazing results, thanks to easy shortcuts like using shredded rotisserie chicken, refrigerated biscuit dough, and ranch seasoning.
Get the Chicken Bacon Ranch Bubble-Up Bake recipe.
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Chicken 'n' Biscuit Sliders
Move over, chicken and waffles—biscuits are here to change the game. If you're a big fan of Chick-fil-A's staple breakfast meal, turn them into slider-form to snack on all game day long.
Get the Chicken 'n' Biscuit Sliders recipe.
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Babka Monkey Bread
Full disclosure: This isn't “authentic” chocolate babka, which is typically made with challah bread. Instead, to make your lives easier—so you can get to eating faster!—we used Pillsbury grand biscuits, to great effect.
Get the Babka Monkey Bread recipe.
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Pizza Waffles
Pizza bagels are so last year. Instead, put store-bought canned biscuit dough, mozzarella, and pizza sauce (plus pepperoni or whatever your pizza-loving heart desires) into your waffle iron for the easiest pizza twist ever.
Get the Pizza Waffles recipe.
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Skillet Chicken Pot Pie
Nothing warms you up on a cold day quite like chicken pot pie. This shortcut version comes together surprisingly fast, despite tasting like something it would've taken your grandma all day to make. The perfect no-fuss dinner, it's on our permanent rotation all winter long.
Get the Skillet Chicken Pot Pie recipe.
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Ham & Swiss Hasselback Biscuit Bites
Step aside, hasselback potatoes: Hasselback biscuit bites are coming to steal their thunder. Featuring convenient canned biscuits stuffed with ham and cheese, these flaky, buttery bites will delight party guests and tailgaters wherever they appear.
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10
Pretzel Ring Beer Cheese Dip
We decided to take classic beer cheese up a notch by surrounding it in a ring of the staple pairing: pretzeled biscuits. The creamy dip and the pretzel ring bake together, making this two-in-one party party snack almost too easy to make and share.
Get the Pretzel Ring Beer Cheese Dip recipe.
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Soft Pretzel Bites
Using canned biscuits to make soft pretzel bites is the best hack ever. The pretzels won't look gorgeous as they come out of the boiling water, but don't worry—they will brown and crisp up and be oh-so-gorgeous when they come out of the oven!
Get the Soft Pretzel Bites recipe.
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Cranberry Brie Biscuit Dip
Not only is this dip perfect for fall parties of any kind, it's the best way to use up any extra homemade cranberry sauce! If you don't have any, canned works too. Just make sure you use whole berry—not jellied—canned cranberry sauce.
Get the Cranberry Brie Biscuit Dip recipe.
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Maple Bacon Pull-Apart Bread
In this recipe, a maple glaze and crumbled bacon transform refrigerated biscuits into the ultimate fall breakfast recipe. Ready in around an hour, this is the perfect easy brunch recipe to impress any holiday guests this year.
Get the Maple Bacon Pull-Apart Bread recipe.
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Biscuits & Gravy Bake
There is nothing better than biscuits and gravy, and this is the perfect way to serve them to a crowd. An extra thick layer of gravy with lots of black pepper makes this bake absolutely perfect.
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Bacon Cheeseburger Bombs
Yeah yeah, sliders are classic, but when it comes to ease, nothing beats a bomb. These ones are stuffed with our fave cheeseburger ingredients, but feel free to switch 'em up (no pickles? no mustard? no problem!)
Get the Bacon Cheeseburger Bombs recipe.
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Pull-Apart Garlic Bread Pizza Dip
Here, we layer cheesy garlic bread (made from refrigerated biscuits!) on top of a pizza-inspired dip, made from a creamy ricotta, cream cheese, mini pepperonis, and mozzarella. The result is a two-in-one app: a cheesy, saucy dip with golden biscuits to scoop it all up with.
Get the Pull-Apart Garlic Bread Pizza Dip recipe.
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Cranberry Brie Bombs
Inspired by our famous cranberry brie bites, this easy appetizer is perfect for any holiday party. It's just another reason why we love biscuit dough and leftover cranberry sauce!
Get the Cranberry Brie Bombs recipe.
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S'mores Stuffed Waffles
With just 5 ingredients (and a waffle iron) you can have the most decadent s'mores EVER. Your days of waiting on campfires are over.
Get the S'mores Stuffed Waffles recipe.
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Cheesy Sausage Bombs
Looking for an on-the-go breakfast that'll satisfy as much as your favorite breakfast sandwich? These breakfast bombs are IT.
Get the Cheesy Sausage Bombs recipe.
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Buffalo Chicken Bombs
We'll fill nearly anything with buffalo chicken, and these bombs are no different. They're also great or using leftover buffalo chicken dip post-game day too!
Get the Buffalo Chicken Bombs recipe.