Honey Biscuits

Eat them with dinner or breakfast, or slathered with peanut butter any time.

By
Donna Currie
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Updated September 11, 2020
Honey Biscuits Recipe
Donna Currie

Biscuit are pretty easy and fast to make. You mix, roll, fold, cut, bake, and you eat. That's it.

If you're thinking, "Biscuits, ho-hum. Been there, done that," you might want to think again.

I bake a LOT of bread, so it's gotten to the point where a loaf has to be pretty darn spectacular to get any notice. Yet these biscuits have been the subject of much conversation, and there's been a request for more. Trust me, that doesn't happen all that often.

These biscuits aren't dessert-sweet but you can taste the richness of the honey. They're not so sweet that you couldn't eat them with dinner or breakfast, or slathered with peanut butter. But they would still make a great base for strawberry shortcake.

Recipe Details

Honey Biscuits Recipe

Active 15 mins
Total 40 mins
Serves 8 biscuits

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup milk

  • 1/4 cup honey

  • 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, combine the milk and honey. Stir until it is completely combined.

  2. Cut the butter into chunks and add it to flour. With a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until it's the size of small peas. Add the milk and honey mixture to the flour and mix gently just until there are no dry spots.

  3. Flour your work surface and turn the dough out. Pat it into a rough rectangle, then roll it until it's about 1/2 inch thick. Fold it in thirds, like a letter, and roll it again. Fold in thirds again. This time, roll it again to about an inch thick. With a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut as many biscuits as you can. Re-roll the scraps and cut more biscuits. You can re-roll a third time, but I usually use the final scraps for a free-form biscuit.

  4. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet, If you like soft sides, place the biscuits so they touch. If you want the sides more crisp, keep them separated. If you like, brush the top of the biscuits with milk, butter, or cream. Bake at 400 degrees until the tops are nicely browned, 12-14 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
371Calories
18gFat
46gCarbs
6gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 8
Amount per serving
Calories371
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18g23%
Saturated Fat 11g56%
Cholesterol 48mg16%
Sodium 465mg20%
Total Carbohydrate 46g17%
Dietary Fiber 1g5%
Total Sugars 10g
Protein 6g
Vitamin C 0mg1%
Calcium 151mg12%
Iron 2mg13%
Potassium 104mg2%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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