HONEY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

These honey buttermilk biscuits are easy to make and wonderful to enjoy any morning with coffee! Don’t forget the butter! These are an excellent way to start the day.

Honey Buttermilk Biscuits - The Southern Lady Cooks


If you love these biscuits, you will definitely want to check out our Cathead Biscuits. They are our most popular biscuit recipe! These Sour Cream Biscuits are also a winner. 

❤️WHY WE LOVE THESE BISCUITS

We love to cook with honey, and adding it to these biscuits really makes them delicious. Of course, we love to put honey and butter on them too, so we get double the honey. These are not hard to make and if you have followed our website for any amount of time, you know we love biscuits. 

We used a square cutter on these biscuits, but you can use any biscuit cutter you prefer, a glass, etc. This recipe only makes about 12 biscuits so perfect for just a few people. 

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

All-Purpose Flour – takes 2 cups, but you may need to add more to get the biscuit dough the right consistency.

Cold Butter – It’s important it’s cold and grated right into the dough. 

Sugar – we add sugar to these biscuits and it makes them delicious. 

Honey – give these a great flavor!

Buttermilk – Love making biscuits with buttermilk, it’s the perfect fat content. I haven’t made these with milk but I’m sure it would work. 

Salt, baking soda and baking powder – must-haves for this recipe. 

Topping for Biscuits:

Honey, Butter and Ground Ginger- this just adds a nice sweet flavor to them. 

SWAPS

I used salted butter but you can use unsalted in this recipe. It’s whichever you prefer. You can also double the topping and use it when you serve the biscuits.

Honey Buttermilk Biscuits - The Southern Lady Cooks

⭐TIPS FOR MAKING BISCUITS

Knead biscuit dough as little as possible and get as many biscuits as possible from first cutting. Biscuit dough should have some wetness. Biscuits should be cooked immediately after cutting.

SERVE THIS WITH

These biscuits are delicious with blackberry jam or served with a big country breakfast! We love this Hashbrown and Sausage Casserole or these Southern Fried Potatoes. This Crock Pot Ham is also wonderful on these biscuits. 

Honey Buttermilk Biscuits - The Southern Lady Cooks

STORING AND REHEATING

I keep these stored in an air-tight container and reheat them in the microwave.

SERVING SIZE

This recipe makes about 12 biscuits, depending on the size you make them. They are perfect for just a few people and reheat well in the microwave.

Honey Buttermilk Biscuits

Judy Yeager
These biscuits are addictive. This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
5 from 9 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course bread, Breakfast
Cuisine American, southern
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons cold butter grated or cut in very small pieces
  • 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Topping for honey biscuits

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Cut in the butter with a spoon until flour mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add honey and buttermilk and stir together all ingredients.
  • Turn out on a floured surface and knead five or six times. Pat dough out with your hand or roll out to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter and place on a sprayed baking sheet about an inch apart. I used a square cutter but a round one or even a cup or glass is fine.
  • Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes until tops are browned. Remove from oven and brush on topping.

Topping Instructions:

  • Melt butter in microwave and add honey and ginger. Mix together and brush over biscuits. Return biscuits to oven for 2 minutes.

Notes

I used salted butter but you can use unsalted if you want.  You could also double the topping and serve extra with the biscuits.
Keyword Buttermilk Biscuit, Honey Biscuit
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9 Comments

  1. These are in the oven right now! 🙂 I almost cried when I found this. I had been making this recipe since I was a child and had it memorized. However I had an injury that caused me to lose some of my memories and jumble some up. I cannot wait to have these with the homemade apple butter I made yesterday. Thank you for having this blog!!5 stars

    1. You’re very welcome! We are so thrilled you found this recipe and we hope it’s exactly what you were looking for.

  2. I love this recipe These biscuits were divine.5 stars

  3. Very good! I think I overworked the dough and rolled it out a little too thin since they didn’t rise much, but they where still so so good. I don’t care much honestly since they still tasted so good. I will try again and try not to roll the dough out so thin.5 stars

  4. i made them and will be making them again and again.5 stars

  5. Ida Jackson says:

    I will try these biscuits, they sound yummy.5 stars

  6. Vanessa Moore-Jackson says:

    My first time making biscuits from scratch. They tasted good but didn’t rise like I thought they would. I probably over worked the dough. I will try again.5 stars

  7. Geraldine Phinney says:

    Wonderful biscuits, we enjoyed them very much. We had them with dinner tonight and they are currently in the oven warming for breakfast. thanks so much for sharing this lovely recipe. The biscuits were perfect, made just the way I like em… Can’t wait to make these for the family. Made for Alphabet tag game 2020. (BK)5 stars

    1. The Southern Lady says:

      So glad you enjoyed them!! They are one of our favorites.