I absolutely love Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits. It definitely takes me back to my childhood. I remember my mom making cinnamon raisin biscuits on the weekends and when you would wake up to the smell of cinnamon throughout the house I knew mom was cookin up somthin good. These Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits are not the exact recipe my mom used to make (I think they are even better! Shh don't tell.)
I have always loved how the raisins really complimented these biscuits so well and when you put the icing on OMG it is PURE heaven. The icing is always the best part. I made a full tutorial on how to make these beauties and if you want to watch that video click the box below.
Apparently, what my mom used to do when she made cinnamon raisin biscuits is she would wait to put the cinnamon in until she was ready to knead the dough. She would sprinkle the cinnamon on the dough knead it a few times and you could see the waves of cinnamon throughout the biscuit. So it's almost like a biscuit streussel. The recipe for these cinnamon raisin biscuits is down below. Have at it and enjoy!!!
Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits
Prep Time 20 min | Cook Time 25 min | 45 min
Serves: 7-8
Author: Blair Sien
Ingredients
2 cups (256 grams, 9 oz.) all purpose flour
¼ cups (50 grams, 1.78oz.) granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
1 tsp. salt
½ Tbsp. cinnamon
½ cup (75 grams, 2.6 oz.) raisins
8 Tbsp. (113 grams, 2.6 oz.) cold cubed butter
1 cup (240 grams, 805 oz.) buttermilk
Icing
1 ½ cups (170 grams, 6 oz.) powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
½ tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
In a large bowl add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, sugar, and raisins. Next, add in your cold cubed butter you can either use a pastry cutter or potato masher (which I used) and cut the butter into the ingredients you placed in bowl. You want to achieve a sand like texture with bits of butter still in the mixture. Then, add your buttermilk and mix with a spoon till all the dry ingredients are absorbed and left with a sticky dough. Take your sticky dough and place on a clean floured surface and make sure to sprinkle a little flour on the dough so your hands won’t stick to the dough as bad. Knead the dough about six times. Pat/roll out your biscuit dough to about ¾ inch think. Take a biscuit cutter and cut out the biscuits and lay them on a greased baking sheet. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees F. for about 20-25 minutes. You want the biscuits to be a nice golden brown. When they are done take them out of the oven and let cool for 5 minutes. For the icing mix in a bowl the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract it will look like a fairly thin icing. You can either spoon on icing or dip the tops of the biscuits in the bowl. They are best eaten warm and with a tall glass of milk. Enjoy!