Honey Spelt Biscuits
Biscuits are my love language. When we have a special birthday (or Father’s Day!) or family visiting I love making a big tray of biscuits for breakfast with all the fixings. I don’t know why, but people don’t seem to make biscuits from scratch much anymore so it feels like a big hug to make them for a loved one! They really aren’t complicated and once you’ve done it a few times you can do it with your eyes closed (which I may have done on a few early mornings ;). The spelt and honey in these give them a sweet nuttiness that holds up well against soup. I love sprouted spelt flour for the boost of nutrients, but you can use a regular spelt or whole wheat flour!
Ingredients:
1 cup of sprouted spelt flour
1 cup of all purpose flour (I use all-purpose einkorn)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold butter, diced or grated on a box grater
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup honey
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk the flours, baking powder and soda, and salt together. Pop the cold butter in the bowl (whether you’ve cubed or grated it).Use your hands, a pastry cutter, or two forks to cut the butter into the flour. You’re looking for pea sized bits of butter throughout the flour mix. Add the milk and honey and use a fork to mix them together with the flour-butter mixture. You should have a shaggy dough with some dry bits left. I like to knead the dough a few times in the bowl before tipping it out onto a floured surface. Pat the dough out into a rectangle and cut into three smaller rectangles. Stack them on top of one another and repeat the process once more. This gives you lots of flaky layers after baking! Press the dough out once more until it’s about 1/2 inch thick. You can either use a biscuit cutter or just use a knife to cut rectangles. Put the cut biscuits on the baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown. You can rub a bit of melted butter over top after baking for extra yumminess. Enjoy!
