These tender cinnamon raisin biscuits are a delicious spin on a classic. They're perfect warm from the oven and especially good slathered in cinnamon honey butter.
2cupsplus 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour,plus more for kneading
4teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
1 ½teaspoonground cinnamon
8tablespoonunsalted butter
⅔cupmilk(any will do)
1egg
2tablespoonhoney
½cupraisins
For the Cinnamon Honey Butter:
4tablespoonunsalted butter,at room temperature
Pinchof salt
¾tablespoonhoney
⅛teaspoonground cinnamon
Instructions
For the Biscuits:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place raisins in a small bowl or cup and pour just enough hot water over top to completely submerge them. Let raisins sit while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
In a bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and whisk to combine. Cut in butter until mixture has small lumps.
Add milk, egg, and honey and whisk until just combined. Drain water from raisins and pat raisins with a paper towel absorb as much excess moisture as you can. Fold in raisins.
Turn out dough onto a well-floured surface and with floured hands, knead until it comes together cohesively (30 seconds or so). You may add additional flour a small bit at a time if needed to reduce the stickiness. Press dough out evenly until it is approximately ¾" - 1" thick.
Using a biscuit cutter (mine was 2 ½" wide), cut out biscuits and place on ungreased non-stick baking sheet about 1 ½" apart from one another. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown and bottoms have browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
For the Butter:
In the bowl of a food processor or in a bowl using a hand mixer, add room temperature butter, salt, honey, and cinnamon and process/mix until all ingredients are well combined. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
The cinnamon honey butter recipe as written above makes a relatively small batch as it uses half of a stick of butter. Feel free to double if you're whipping up a batch for a crowd.
Nutritional information is provided as an estimate. As it can vary due to many factors (brands used, quantities, etc.), we cannot guarantee its accuracy.