These Honey Butter Biscuits are the perfect Sunday brunch addition. They have tons of buttery, flakey layers and are a delicious balance of sweet and savory.
Quick
Minimal prep
You’ll Learn: How to fold and roll dough without overmixing.
Worth It: Bakery-style flakiness at home
Bonus: Perfect for short-notice gifts
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to whip up – If you are a biscuit lover looking for a delicious option to add to your next breakfast or brunch spread, you are in luck. These honey biscuits take 10 minutes of prep time and 12 minutes of cooking time, making the total time from start to finish under 25 minutes.
- Lots of flakey layers – When I eat a biscuit I want it to have delicious and buttery flakey layers. This honey butter biscuit recipe is no exception!! It is so easy to make but you still get those perfect buttery layers.
- Make ahead option – This biscuit recipe makes eight biscuits and they will be good for up to a week in the fridge. You can make these on a Sunday and enjoy them all week long!
- Freezer friendly – These homemade biscuits can last for up to a month in the freezer; making a batch of them a comforting gift for a new parent or a friend in need.
Serving suggestions
These honey butter biscuits will complement just about any breakfast or brunch spread. I like to serve them alongside my Perfectly Crispy Bacon and an egg casserole such as this Turkey Sausage Tomato and Goat Cheese Breakfast Casserole.
These honey butter biscuits are delicious just by themselves, with the honey butter topping, or any other topping of your choice. You could use regular butter, jam, or even peanut butter.
If you want to get creative, you could use these tender biscuits to make a sandwich. This recipe would be perfect for a chicken breakfast sandwich or a meal prep breakfast sandwich.
If you are looking for another way to make biscuits, check out my Flaky Butter Biscuits recipe. These are made in a cast iron skillet.
Biscuit Ingredients
- Whole Milk – The whole milk will help make the dough for these biscuits and it will keep the biscuits moist.
- Honey – Honey adds a touch of sweetness making these honey butter biscuits the perfect mix of sweet and savory.
- All-Purpose Flour – This is the main dry ingredient that helps these biscuits take shape.
- Baking Powder – Baking powder helps these biscuits rise to be fluffy and delicious.
- Salt – Salt helps balance out the sweetness of the honey and adds to the overall flavor of these biscuits.
- Salted Butter – The butter must be cold for this recipe so I recommend you keep it in the fridge until you are ready to use it. Also, it is important to use salted not unsalted butter for this recipe.
Honey Butter Ingredients
- Salted Butter and Honey – Softened butter and honey come together to make the honey butter glaze for these baked biscuits. To make them a little more savory you can use plain melted butter instead of the honey butter.
Ingredient Substitutions
Because baking needs such precision, there aren’t a lot of customizations that can be made to this recipe. Although I have not tested it, you could sub the all-purpose flour for gluten-free flour if you want to make this recipe gluten-free.
Also, if you want to get creative with the honey butter topping, you could try a hot honey. That would add a little kick.
How to make
Step 1: Mix ingredients together
To start, preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Then, whisk milk and honey together for the biscuits and set aside. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients of flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut cold butter into pea sized pieces and add to the bowl with the flour mixture (Image 1). Crumble butter and flour together with a pastry cutter or the back of a fork until a sand like texture remains.
Pour honey and milk mixture into the mixing bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until the biscuit batter is just combined (Image 2). Turn mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently for just a minute (Image 3).
Step 2: Roll the dough and cut into biscuits
Next, roll the biscuit dough into a 10 inch x 6 inch rectangle using a rolling pin (Image 4), fold into thirds and rotate once clockwise. Roll into the 10×6 rectangle again and cut into 8 biscuits (Image 5 and 6).
Step 3: Bake and enjoy
Next, it is time to bake on the prepared baking sheet at 400F for 12-14 minutes until they are golden brown on top. While they bake, mix the softened butter and the honey for topping.
Brush the top of the biscuits with the honey butter topping when they are still warm from the oven. Serve and enjoy!
Storage, reheating, and Freezing
Once prepared, allow these honey butter biscuits to cool completely. They will be good in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can store your honey butter biscuits on the counter at room temperature, but I find they are fresher in the fridge.
This recipe can also be stored in the freezer for up to a month in an airtight container. To reheat, you can reheat in an air fryer or toaster oven until they are warm.
Check out these other brunch recipes
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
Email Recipe for Later
Recipe
Honey Butter Biscuits
Ingredients
Biscuit Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2.5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 stick very cold salted butter – keep in the fridge until you are ready to use it
Honey Butter Topping
- 2 tbsp salted butter – softened
- 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk milk and honey together for the biscuits and set aside. In a large mixing bowl mix together all purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cut cold butter into pea sized pieces and add to the bowl with the flour mixture. Crumble butter and flour together with a pastry cutter or the back of a fork until a sand like texture remains.
- Pour honey and milk mixture into the mixing bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until just combined. Turn mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently for just a minute.
- Roll into a 10 inch x 6 inch rectangle, fold into thirds and rotate once clockwise. Roll into the 10×6 rectangle again and cut into 8 biscuits.
- Bake on the lined baking sheet at 400F for 12-14 minutes. While they bake mix the softened butter and the honey for topping. Brush the biscuits with the topping when they are still warm from the oven.
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Leave a Reply