Hardee's Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits

Submitted by Pam-I-Am

"When I lived in the mid-west, I use to get these biscuits as a morning breakfast on occasion....well, on more occasions than I should have. I loved the warm tender biscuits with cinnamon swirlled in it and the sweet icing melting down. Having moved to California 12 years ago, I have really missed these as there are no Hardee's out here. I've found a copy cat recipe for it and I'm on cloud 9!! The person who posted this on another site said she use to work at Hardee's so this is the real-deal ! I can't wait to make these for my husband and kids!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 4 cups self-rising flour
• 3⁄4 cup shortening
• 2 cups milk or 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup raisins

directions

1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and sugar.
2. Blend in shortening with a fork until mixture is fine.
3. Add milk and stir until just mixed. Only add enough milk to form dough. Add raisins and mix.
4. Add cinnamon and mix until swirled through batter. Do not mix batter any more than you have to.
5. Scrape batter onto well-floured surface. Flour top and pat down with hands until 1/2-inch thick.
6. Cut with 2-inch cutter and place on greased baking pan.
7. Bake at 400°F for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
8. Frost with powdered sugar glaze icing.

Reviews

[dwill143]

Let me just start by saying that this is BETTER than Hardee's Cinnamon Raisin biscuits. To all the reviewers who didn't like this recipe....didn't follow the directions!! I had to make my own self rising flour(6T baking powder/2tsp salt w/4cups of flour)and had to make my own buttermilk(2T lemon juice in 2c of milk)then add the baking powder,salt,soda,sugar as directed in the recipe.I swirled the cinnamon through the batter with a knife. I did not overmix the dough(that makes the dough tough)I cut them out with a biscuit cutter and baked them at 375 for approx 15 min(because my oven runs a little hot) I glazed them while they were warm and reglazed them when they cooled.You all need to try them again as you are missing out on some great food!!!<br/>Thanks Pam-I-AM for a GREAT recipe,one I haqve been looking for for a long time..... :)

 

[kwarner962]

I have been making mine with Bisquick. I just follow the recipe for the cut out biscuits on the box. I also plump the raisins, drain them and put them in the dry Bisquick and stir them around with my hand and add cinnamon, then the milk. Stir around and follow the rest of the directions on the box. They are very good. My husband loves them. Bisquick is such a good short cut.

 

[Julianne H.]

Perfect! Just what I was craving! I did tweak just a bit for my own taste by increasing the sugar and decreasing the salt, but other than that, was very impressed with the results! I used a pastry cutter to mix the dry ingredients and folded the cinnamon and raisins in last - AFTER I had turned out onto a floured counter). They looked exactly like the Hardee's biscuits I ordered the other day! For the glaze, I used about a cup of powdered sugar, a dash of salt, vanilla, and enough milk to make it the consistency that I like. I also added a drop of almond to the glaze, just because I love what almond does to flavors. I AM SO HAPPY and so are my tastebuds!!!

 

[SherryAnn G.]

Fair warning! Great recipe, but if you are using the food.com mobile app it does not tell you that you need to use: either 2C of milk OR 2C buttermilk, NOT BOTH. Poor execution of recipe transfer to the mobile application by the food.com mobile app development team. Happy baking!

 

[stopurb]

This recipe definitely has potential, but we have to try it again because I made my own self-rising flour according to the directions below. It should be 6 tsp not Tbs of baking powder added to the 4 cups of flour. We could tell the flavor was there, and the texture was just a little off with this mistake. I look forward making this correctly.