Spring-Summer Dinner Party
Honey Buttermilk Biscuits
Flaky and rich, you'd never know these biscuits are made entirely with honey and not even a pinch of sugar.
Easy and fun to make, these buttermilk biscuits are delicious enough for special occasions and simple enough for everyday. Made with delicious honey, you'll enjoy getting sticky making these biscuits with the kids and serving them to friends and family.
Join us as we discuss how we'd serve these biscuits at a spring brunch or summer dinner party, along with step-by-step instructions (with pictures!) for how to make these biscuits at home. If you'd rather skip the small talk and get straight to the recipe, use the jump to recipe button below!
Biscuits Two Ways
Spring or Summer?
In this series of recipes, we wanted to showcase the versatility of tea and honey as ingredients and emphasize thinking outside the box. So, in this series of photos you can see the Honey Buttermilk Biscuits at a spring brunch with cured salmon and a poached egg and as a delicious side at a summer dinner party. Where will you serve yours?
Baking with Honey
Recommended Honeys for Your Biscuits
When baking with honey you need to keep a few things in mind. For this recipe in particular, it's important to note that honey will make your biscuits darker than sugar, so you may want to double-up your sheet pan to prevent extra browning! Additionally, even monofloral honeys have flavor profiles, so be sure to keep those in mind when choosing your honey for your biscuits.
For this particular recipe, we recommend our Alfalfa Honey, with its mild, buttery flavor. You can explore all of these honeys and our other favorite honeys for cooking and baking below!
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Honey Buttermilk Biscuits
Making Your Honey Biscuits
1. Combine Dry Ingredients & Cut in Butter
If using a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add in the butter, and use a pastry cutter to cut it into pea size pieces or smaller.
If using a blender, add in the flour, salt, baking powder and butter. Pulse the mixture until there are pea sized or smaller pieces of butter. Transfer to a bowl.
2. Combine Dry & Wet Ingredients
In a small separate bowl, add the honey and stir in the buttermilk. Once the honey is dissolved, pour it over the dry mixture and bring it together with a spatula and a folding motion.
3. Rest Dough & Pre-Heat Oven
Once the dough comes together, let it rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 400° and set a rack on the top third of the oven.
4. Roll Out Biscuits
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and set it on a floured work space. Roll it out into a 6" square, then continue to roll it in one direction to make a rectangle, about 14" long. Fold the top third down and fold the bottom third up, making a nice rectangle. Turn it 90° and roll it out to 14" again and repeat folds. Repeat this one more time.
5. Cut Biscuits
After the last fold, roll it out to a square, about 1" thick. With a sharp knife, cut the dough with a straight downward and then upward motion, to make 9 biscuits. The motion is important, because dragging the knife back or forth would ruin the appearance of layers and inhibit rise. Place the biscuits on a parchment lined sheet pan. Double up the sheet pan to prevent the biscuits from over caramelizing.
6. Finish & Bake
Brush the remaining buttermilk and honey over the biscuits. Lightly dust with sea salt, if desired, and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown on top.
Honey Biscuit Recipe
Honey Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients:
For the Biscuit Dough
2 3/4 cups (355g) all-puropse flour
2 tsp (9g) baking powder
1.5 tsp (10g) sea salt
16 Tblsp (226g) butter, cut into tablespoons
1 cup (230g) buttermilk
1/4 cup (75g) honey (we recommend Alfalfa Honey!)
Finishing:
2 Tblsp (32g) buttermilk
1 Tblsp (16g) honey
Directions:
1. If using a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add in the butter, and use a pastry cutter to cut it into pea size pieces or smaller.
If using a blender, add in the flour, salt, baking powder and butter. Pulse the mixture until there are pea sized or smaller pieces of butter. Transfer to a bowl.
2. In a small separate bowl, add the honey and stir in the buttermilk. Once the honey is dissolved, pour it over the dry mixture and bring it together with a spatula and a folding motion. Once the dough comes together, let it rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 400° and set a rack on the top third of the oven.
3. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and set it on a floured work space. Roll it out into a 6" square, then continue to roll it in one direction to make a rectangle, about 14" long. Fold the top third down and fold the bottom third up, making a nice rectangle. Turn it 90° and roll it out to 14" again and repeat folds. Repeat this one more time.
4. After the last fold, roll it out to a square, about 1" thick. With a sharp knife, cut the dough with a straight downward and then upward motion, to make 9 biscuits. The motion is important, because dragging the knife back or forth would ruin the appearance of layers and inhibit rise. Place the biscuits on a parchment lined sheet pan. Double up the sheet pan to prevent the biscuits from over caramelizing.
5. Brush the remaining buttermilk and honey over the biscuits. Lightly dust with sea salt, if desired, and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown on top.
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