Church's Honey Biscuits

Juju Bee's Note:

I have been looking for a good biscuit recipe for a long time, and I came across this recipe. It is a copy cat recipe for Church's biscuits from cdkitchen.com I tried it out, and it was wonderful! My husband loved them too! You should try it for yourself.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ cup vegetable shortening
• 2⁄3; cup whole milk
• ¼ cup butter , melted
• 1⁄3; cup honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cream of tartar in a medium bowl.
3. Work the shortening into the flour mixture by crumbling with your hands until the mixture feels like cornmeal.
4. Pour milk into flour mixture and mix well.
5. On a slightly floured surface, knead the dough about 12-15 times.
6. Make dough into balls (about 2 inches) and place on baking sheet.
7. Brush Dough balls with some of the melted butter.
8. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
9. Meanwhile Bring the remainder of the butter, and all of the honey to a boil in a sauce pan, then set the honey butter aside.
10. When biscuits are done remove from the oven and immediately brush each biscuit with honey butter.

Reviews

[redheadedrach]

I liked these! The texture was great. Very tender. Next time I make these, because I will absolutely make them again, I will use butter instead of shortening, I will increase the sugar by a teaspoon, and I will actually put the biscuits into the oven with some of the honey and butter mixture on them from the beginning and then brush them again after baking. Great recipe!

[Preachers Wife]

These were better than the real thing! My son stated it perfectly when he bit into his biscuit "these are a bite of Heaven"!

[Dazy]

I really liked the flavor and tenderness of these, but I think next time I will roll them out and cut them. The drop shapes cooked a little too unevenly for me, but only because I have trouble not making them too big :) I also used butter instead of shortening, and it worked great. Just remember to cut the salt down a little if you are using salted butter. Thanks for posting!