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Recipe card featuring flaky honey butter biscuits brushed with glaze.

Honey Butter Biscuits

Flaky, tender biscuits made with buttermilk and cream cheese, brushed with a warm honey butter glaze.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Servings 8 biscuits

Ingredients
  

For the Dough:

  • 2 ¾ c all-purpose flour
  • 1 T baking powder
  • ½ t baking soda
  • ½ t salt
  • 4 oz cream cheese chilled
  • ¼ c Challenge butter chilled
  • 1 c buttermilk chilled

For the Honey Butter Glaze:

  • ¾ c Challenge butter 1½ sticks
  • ¼ c honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a large baking sheet with high-heat safe parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Cut in cream cheese and butter until coarse and sandy with pea-size bits.
  • Add buttermilk; stir just to combine (dough will be crumbly).
  • Turn onto counter; knead 1–2 min to form a ball. Roll to ¾-in thickness; cut 8 rounds with a 2-in cutter.
  • Place on the prepared baking sheet lightly touching; bake 11–12 min until edges are golden.
  • While baking, melt ¾ c butter with ¼ c honey in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring often until combined. Then remove from heat.
  • When biscuits are done, remove from oven and immediately brush hot biscuits generously with glaze.
  • Serve split with extra warm glaze, or chill glaze until firm, then beat with a mixer until smooth and spreadable.
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