Honey Butter Biscuits (Copycat Texas Chicken's)

Honey Butter Biscuits (Copycat Texas Chicken's)

   November 08, 2019       Lyn Alina

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We had Western dishes for our dinner today.
I made chicken chops with coleslaw, potato wedges and honey butter biscuits.
Actually, while preparing the sides for my chicken chops, I was initially plan to make plain pull apart buns to be eaten with the coleslaw.
But, having coleslaw with honey butter biscuits, like the one that available at Texas Chicken is also a good idea.
So, I went back and forth between making pull apart buns or honey butter biscuits - a fluffy, slightly sticky, sweet and buttery.
Both are delicious, but after much consideration, thinking that today I was in a bit rush so I was not in the mood to work with fermented dough which consider a time consuming work.
So, tonight I decided to make honey butter biscuits instead.
Preparing biscuits is much simpler and doesn't requires a lot of time to prepare and bake.

The best part is, this honey butter biscuits can be ready in just 30 minutes!

Since this is my first time making honey butter biscuits, I have to Google to get the recipe.
To make honey butter biscuits, you need to have buttermilk, or make the buttermilk on your own by mixing vinegar with milk.
Luckily I have vinegar in my fridge, for my red velvet cake project which is still pending to be accomplished.

Actually this biscuit is almost similar with scone, it is crunchy on the outside and fluffy with soft crumbles inside.
The shape is irregular, with shining honey butter glaze brushed on top of the biscuits.
You wouldn't need to roll or cut the dough, all you need to do is to roughly divide the dough into six or eight balls, if you prefer smaller size.
Then, shape the balls using your hand until they become round in shape, like a shape of rock.
For me, it's not enough to only having one of these yummy biscuits because it is so addictive!
These biscuits will definitely be regular at my home from now onward.

The biscuits were a total hit, they were scrumptiously delicious especially when eaten freshly baked from oven.
I would recommend to use a pure butter, but good quality margarine like Planta or Adela would work best for this recipe.

HONEY BUTTER BISCUITS (COPYCAT TEXAS CHICKEN'S)

Adapted from :asheescookbook

Course : Side

Cuisine : American

Yield : 6 to 8

2 cups of wheat/ all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon of salt

2 tablespoons of sugar

4 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 cup of butter 

Approximately 2/3 cup of milk

2 teaspoons of vinegar

For glaze:

1/4 cup of butter - melted

1/4 cup of honey

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 200℃.
2. In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar with a wooden spatula.
3. Add in butter and work with your hand until it forms crumbles.
4. To make the buttermilk, mix vinegar and milk in a separate bowl and pour in the buttermilk into the flour mixture.  Mix well.
5. Knead until it forms a dough and divide into 6 to 8 portions to form medium size dough balls.
6. Place the balls on a baking pan layered with a baking sheet.
7. Brush dough balls with melted butter and bake for 10 to 15 minutes until golden.
8. Meanwhile, combine the remaining melted butter with honey and cook at a low heat until small bubbles start to form.
9. When the biscuits are ready, remove from oven and immediately brush each biscuit with honey butter mixture.

MALAY VERSION

Bahan-bahan:

2 cawan tepung gandum

1/2 sudu teh garam

2 sudu besar gula pasir

4 sudu teh baking powder

1/2 cawan mentega

Anggaran 2/3 cawan susu segar

2 sudu teh cuka

Topping:

1/4 cawan mentega - dicairkan

1/4 cawan madu

Cara-cara:

1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 200℃.
2. Dalam mangkuk saiz sederhana, campurkan tepung gandum, garam, gula dan baking powder.  Gaul sebati menggunakan senduk kayu.
3. Masukkan mentega dan ramas menggunakan tangan.
4. Sediakan buttermilk dengan mencampurkan susu segar dan cuka.
5. Tuang buttermilk ke dalam adunan tepung dan uli sehingga menjadi doh.
6. Bahagikan doh kepada 6 atau 8 bahagian dan bulat-bulatkan doh. (tak perlu bulatkan sehingga permukaan bebola menjadi licin, cukup sekadar berbentuk bulat kasar).
7. Susun doh bebola di atas dulang pembakar yang telah dilapik dengan kertas minyak dan bakar selama 10 ke 15 minit, atau sehingga biskut masak.
8. Sementara itu, sediakan toppingnya.  Panaskan mentega cair dan madu dan masak dengan api perlahan sehingga adunan berbuih.
9. Sebaik saja biskut masak, terus sapu topping di seluruh permukaan biskut.  Sedia dihidang.