Cast Iron Biscuits
Homemade honey butter biscuits are perfect for breakfast, served with butter, jelly, or your toppings of choice.
Servings: 10 biscuits
Calories: 144kcal
Equipment
- 2 12" skillet
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 tbsp butter frozen
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¾ cup milk
Instructions
- Place butter in the freezer at least a half-hour ahead of time.
- Preheat the 12″ cast iron skillet in the oven at 425°F. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Use a box grater to shred the butter into small flakes. Add the butter to the mixing bowl and stir in well.
- Next, stir the honey and milk in with the dry ingredients. (It should be crumbly, but hold together) Transfer the dough to a lightly floured countertop or cutting board. Gently work the dough flat with the palm of your hands, then fold it over and work it flat again. Repeat this process 3-4 times.
- Flatten the dough out to about a half to a three-fourths inch thick and use a cookie cutter or the rim of a cup to cut out the biscuits. Once as many biscuits have been cut out as possible, rework the dough to get the last few remaining biscuits.
- Place each honey biscuit carefully into the hot cast iron skillet. Bake 12-13 minutes or until the tops are lightly golden brown.
- Top with butter or your favorite jelly and enjoy!
Notes
- Don’t combine Steps 2 and 3! Be sure to stir the butter into the dry ingredients first, before adding the milk and honey. If you skip this step, the butter will clump together and won’t distribute properly, which means no flaky biscuits!
- Flour is your friend! Lightly flour the countertop and your hands to keep the dough from sticking.
- Be sure to use frozen butter for a flakey finish and hot pockets of melted butter throughout the biscuit.
- Bake only in a preheated oven for best results. Even heating is so important in baking!
- After making this honey biscuit recipe more times than I can count, I noticed that the biscuits do not stick to the skillet, regardless of whether it has been oiled, preheated, or not preheated.