Name: Honey Butter Biscuits
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 64 min
Ingredients: 3 cups All purpose flour; 2 teaspoons Baking soda; 1 teaspoon Salt; 3/4 cup Unsalted butter (frozen and grated); 1/4 cup Honey; 1 cup Buttermilk; 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon Honey; 1 tablespoon Butter (melted)

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Honey butter biscuits are a Southern staple that evokes feelings of warmth, comfort, and home. These flaky and tender biscuits are a delightful combination of sweet and salty flavors, made even better with the drizzle of sticky honey butter on top. Whether enjoyed as a breakfast treat, a mid-day snack, or a dessert, these biscuits won’t last long!

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So, whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting out, this honey butter biscuit recipe is a must-try. With their flaky and tender texture, sweet honey flavor, and buttery goodness, these biscuits are sure to become a favorite in your home. Get ready to savor the taste of the south and indulge in this classic comfort food.

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Flaky & Tender – You can see the golden brown flaky layers, a perfect vessel for more butter, honey, or jam.

Quick & Easy – Don’t be intimidated by biscuits, we’re not making pie crust biscuits are much more forgiving.

Ingredients

Our honey butter biscuit recipe calls for just a few ingredients, mostly pantry staples. If you have fresh honey from the market, it will be so tasty in the honey butter glaze!

For Biscuits

All-purpose flour
Baking soda
Salt – If you only have salted butter, then omit the salt.
Unsalted butter – If you have a few sticks of butter toss them in the freezer. Frozen butter that’s been grated is great for biscuits.
Honey – Your favorite local honey.
Buttermilk – You’ll need only a cup of buttermilk for this recipe, you can freeze leftover buttermilk for future recipes. Freeze it in 1-tablespoon increments in a silicone ice cube tray, preferably with a lid.
Pure vanilla extract

For Honey Butter

Honey – It’s not necessary to melt the honey with the butter, the heated butter will warm the honey enough to be brushed on your fluffy biscuits.
Unsalted Butter – Melted

How To Make Our Honey Butter Biscuits Recipe

Place butter in the freezer for about 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking pan with parchment paper.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and mix.

Take the cold butter out of the freezer and grate it. Immediately, add grated butter to the flour bowl and mix together with your hands until it forms a crumbly mixture.

A bowl of flour and grated frozen butter.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the vanilla extract, milk, and honey.

Make a hole in the middle of the flour mixture then add the liquid mixture. Gently mix together starting with the whisk then start to use your hands to form the biscuit dough.

crumbly dough mixture coming together in a mixing bowl.

Turn the biscuit dough out onto a floured surface and knead just to combine everything but do not overmix.

Press the dough out with your hands about 3/4-1 inch thickness and cut using a round 3-inch biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet.

A circle cutter cutting out biscuit rounds.

Next, mix together the melted butter and honey for the honey butter topping. Biscuits bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from the oven. Take a brush and brush the honey butter topping over the biscuits. Serve honey butter biscuits warm!

Biscuit rounds placed on a parchment lined baking sheet.

uncooked dough being brushed with butter.

Storing Baked Biscuits

Store honey butter biscuits in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Freeze leftover biscuits wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and store them in an airtight freezer-safe container for up to 1 month.

Can I make homemade honey butter biscuits in advance? Yes! Double or triple this homemade biscuits recipe. Bake some for dinner tonight and save the rest for another time. Prep your biscuit dough up until the point you need to bake, take your extra, and freeze your biscuit dough rounds in a freezer-safe container or bag for up to three months.

Freshly baked honey butter biscuits being drizzled with honey.

Expert Tips

Frozen Butter: Keeping a few sticks of butter in the freezer is always a good idea. Super cold butter that you can quickly grate and mix into your dough makes delicious biscuits with evenly dispersed buttery flakes throughout.
Grating Frozen Butter: Ideally you’ll be able to use a box grater (used for cheese mainly) to grate your butter. However, if that’s not available to you I would recommend a pastry cutter or a simple sharp knife and cutting board.
Chill: If at any time you think you’re butter is getting too soft when you’re preparing the dough, just pop the bowl into the fridge for a few minutes so the butter can firm up.

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