Pumpkin Biscuits
September 27, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under biscuits, pumpkin
Are you sick of pumpkin yet? No? Good, because I’m just getting started – I have many more pumpkin recipes to share with you! After sharing my recipe for split pea soup with you yesterday, I couldn’t leave you hanging without the perfect biscuit to serve along with it. I made these biscuits for the first time a few years ago to be served at a Thanksgiving-style potluck…but to be honest, the first version didn’t turn out all that great – they were okay, but nothing amazing. However, I’ve been making them ever since with a few tweaks here and there each time, and I’d like to believe that I’ve finally perfected the recipe. These biscuits are light and fluffy with a touch of sweetness, and they’re perfect both with a pat of butter or for cleaning up a hearty bowl of soup. I also like to serve them for breakfast with a light spread of apple maple butter. Any way you like to eat your biscuits, I hope you’ll enjoy these!
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, and spices. Blend in the butter using a pastry blender.
In a medium bowl, combine the pumpkin, milk, and maple syrup.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until the mixture holds together. Knead lightly on a floured surface and roll out to 1″ thickness. Using a 2″ biscuit butter, cut the dough into circles.
Re-roll the scraps and cut out biscuits until you have used all of the dough. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Makes a half dozen biscuits.
September 27th, 2011 at 6:27 am
These sound lovely! Great recipe
September 27th, 2011 at 7:23 am
Never ever will I get sick of new pumpkin flavors! I will make these this weekend. I plan on making a batch of crabapple butter… this would pair perfectly with that!
September 27th, 2011 at 10:30 am
These look great! I’m not very good at baking biscuits for some reason… They never quite turn out right. I think I’ll have to give this recipe a try. I am in love with all things pumpkin, and perhaps I can redeem myself!
September 27th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Holy smokes these look delicious!!
September 27th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I really can’t believe it’s pumpkin season again. Wow–the summer has truly flown by.
September 27th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I’m not sick of pumpkin! I want one of these for breakfast.
September 27th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
How could we be sick of pumpkin?!? Fall JUST started!
These look so good. I think my family would go crazy for these if I put them on the table at Thanksgiving.
September 27th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
yes! I’d smear them with butter and apple cider jelly.
September 28th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Tracy, I love all of your unique pumpkin ideas! These biscuits look incredible. I could definitely picture them on the side of a hearty soup or chili. Wonderful recipe! Thanks for sharing and inspiring me, and for stopping by my blog, too.
September 28th, 2011 at 11:24 am
Yeah, I can’t stop making pumpkin recipes! They are just too good! Love this idea!
September 28th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I can only imagine how good these would be with that maple butter. Yum! And what a pretty color these are.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
What an irresistible start to fall baking! Your biscuits evoke autumn memories and would be lovely with a soup or salad. i hope the pumpkin shortage is just a marketing myth!
September 28th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
I just opened a giant can of pumpkin so I’m stockpiling recipes to help me use it up. These are definitely going on the list, I love them!
September 28th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
I don’t have a pastry blender. Could I mix it up with a fork or wisk or some alternative tool? I really hope so because these look amazingly delicious!
September 28th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Raven – You can cut the butter in with a couple of forks. Hope that helps!
September 29th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Yummy!! These look amazing..Great photo’s as well.. love it.. I would LOVE for you to link it up to my fall crawl blog party.. I’m officially following ya with smiles – I found ya on linky..GREAT blog with Lots of inspirations here
) – the link to link up is http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-crawl-day-12-blog-party.html
September 30th, 2011 at 9:02 am
Hi – I made these last night and they were incredible, however, the dough was so sticky, I was totally unable to roll and cut them into biscuits. I ended up just making them a drop biscuit and they were still great, but I was wondering if I could have done something wrong?
September 30th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Emily – I’d suggest adding some more flour to the dough as you knead it until it holds together well enough to be rolled out. Hope that helps!
October 1st, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Anyone tried this recipe as gluten-free? I’m thinking of trying it with King Arthur’s gluten-free baking flour. These sound amazing!
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 pm
I’ll never get sick of pumpkin! Bring on the recipes! These look amazing
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 pm
I LOVE pumpkin and biscuits – so this is pretty much a win – win for me!
October 4th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
YUM! And I love how low fat you made them! Can’t wait to give these a try
October 8th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
I made these biscuits this morning and they had delicious flavor! But mine came out a bit dense and heavy. Could you suggest what I might do to lighten them a bit? Make them more flaky? Perhaps I kneaded them too much? Any advice would be wonderful. Thank you for the great recipe.
October 10th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Thanks for the recipe! I veganized them and they actually made a dozen even after the scraps. FYI. They were delicious http://www.singerskitchen.com/2011/10/fluffy-vegan-pumpkin-biscuits-and.html
October 10th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Raven – I’d suggest adding in another 2-3 Tbsp cold butter with the flour mixture to give them a flakier texture. Hope that helps!
October 13th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
These look WONDERFUL!!!!!! Thanks for this great recipe!
Will never get sick of pumpkin…
October 14th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
This is a wonderful recipe, thanks so much for sharing. You did a great job with the images too; I will definitely try this recipe this weekend.
October 23rd, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I made these recently & they were great! thanks for sharing
October 25th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I just made these and they’re absolutely divine!! I ended up making almost a dozen from the dough, though, and they still took about 17 minutes to bake. They’re the perfect size to have with a dab of butter and a bowl of soup. Thanks!!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
I just added this to my recipe binder. Brilliant!