A great beginner biscuit recipe! Honey Butter Glazed Whole Wheat Biscuits are tender and fluffy with flaky layers brushed with honey butter for a little sweetness. These are perfect for breakfast, dinners OR holidays!
I was starting to think that these biscuits were not meant to be.
Biscuits have been sort of like my culinary unicorn.
You see, Chad is a good southern fella. And like most southern good ‘ol boys, he has a grandma that makes these insanely delicious and amazing buttermilk biscuits. I mean they are the real deal.
Better than I’ve had in any restaurant or at any homestyle church-lady catered supper (and some of those little ladies can COOK, let me tell you) EVER. It’s the lard and whole buttermilk that makes them so addictive I’m sure, but also Chad’s grandma could make her biscuits in her sleep.
Several times she’s tried to show me how she makes the biscuit magic happen. Several times I’ve tried to replicate them and failed miserably.
What’s worse is when Chad, who was raised by his grandma, tries to “help” me in my biscuit trials by telling me how he thinks Grandma’s biscuits come to be. But Chad isn’t capable of properly frying an egg (as evidenced by the breakfast he very sweetly tried to concoct this morning), so I’m pretty much not taking his word for it.
So. A friend of mine was all a-rave about these biscuits she’d been making. She kept going on and on about how they were so so awesome and light and fluffy and she couldn’t stop baking them and eating them every single day.
Of course, in my quest for making an awesome biscuit I had to beg her for the recipe. And being the friend that she is, she obliged.
But something got lost in the translation.
Because I promise promise promise I can follow a recipe.
My mantra is “if you can read, you can cook”, you know what I mean?
I knew when I copied down the recipe something was wrong. I spend an awful lot of time in the kitchen and never ever have I seen anything call for 4 Tablespoons of baking soda. Unless we are making a paste to scrub the bathtub. Since I am CLEARLY not proficient at making biscuits though, I followed the recipe exactly how she gave it to me.
And after baking for just 7 minutes I had a whole batch of biscuits that looked like hockey pucks and tasted like Arm & Hammer toothpaste.
My verdict is that the Tablespoons should have been teaspoons, and if I weren’t such a biscuit dummy I would have had enough sense to adjust for a simple typo before I ruined them.
And so I started over again.
What I came up with was a kind of hybrid recipe.
AND I LOVE IT.
These biscuits are soft and sweet. The bread pulls apart in these fluffy but flaky layers and the tops are brushed with a rich and buttery honey glaze. And! With the addition of whole wheat flour, they are definitely ME. I’m excited.
Sooooo… I failed. But not completely!! The biscuits didn’t get me down today. And I’ll be cranking these sweeties out for awhile before I go fooling around with anymore biscuit recipes. Okay? Okay.
P.S. Michelle… I’m sorry I ruined your biscuit recipe. Honey Butter Glazed Whole Wheat Biscuits are tall, fluffy whole wheat biscuits with perfect flaky layers covered in a honey butter glaze. Great for breakfast, brunch, or dinner. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Honey Butter Glazed Whole Wheat Biscuits
Ingredients
Instructions
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 283Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 334mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 5g
(adapted from THIS recipe from the book American Flavor and THIS recipe at Allrecipes)
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Brenda
Friday 1st of January 2021
Made these and the directions were very helpful. These came out pretty big.....lol....and good! Will make these again
Heather Tullos
Saturday 2nd of January 2021
Glad the instructions were helpful - thanks, Brenda!
Sarah
Monday 18th of May 2020
I made quite a few adjustments. I didn't have the ingredients and because of 'rona, I was not popping out for them either. 1. Pastry flour ~ APF 2. E. milk +yogurt ~ buttermilk 3. Coconut oil ~ shortening 4. Added the honey to the dough and folded in the butter They were the best biscuits we ever had! Sorry I ruined your recipe.
Heather Tullos
Tuesday 19th of May 2020
Bahahaha - thank you so much, Sarah! You win best comment.
Ashlyn
Wednesday 15th of November 2017
Yummm I love a great biscuit and these look fabulous!
Barb
Sunday 5th of June 2016
These were delicious! I've made loads of biscuits before and these were the best ones yet. The hubs raved about them, too. But, my honey glaze was more like frosting. It was thick and spreadable. What did I do wrong? :)
Heather Tullos
Monday 6th of June 2016
Hey Barb! My guess is that maybe the heat wasn't high enough? The butter has a little bit of water in it and the added water is there to help thin the honey. Brushing the biscuits while the glaze is still hot is probably the easiest way to do it. I'm so glad you enjoyed these biscuits!
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