Biscuits with Honey Butter

A couple of days ago I ate some Popeye's biscuits. This was not my first time having these biscuits but for some reason these particular biscuits were the best I ever had. They were perfectly buttered and soft. So like how I start every idea for a recipe I headed over to Pinterest. To my delight I found a copycat Popeye's biscuit recipe. The recipe is also known as "7-up" biscuits. The recipe has only 4 ingredients!! I have never made biscuits before and was very interested to try it out because of the short ingredient list.

Biscuits 
makes 9 large biscuits or 15 small biscuits
2 1/2 cups Bisquick (Biscuit Mix)
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup 7-up
1/4 cup melted butter

Honey Butter
1/4 cup melted butter
2 tbs honey


 I have made these biscuits about 5 times and this is a very soft dough. The first couple of times I made it I used a fork to cut in the sour cream, rolled out the dough on a floured surface, and cut the dough. I got a little frustrated using this method because the dough was very soft and sticking to everything. I found myself adding more bisquick mix to help with the sticking and over kneading the dough. So my advice to you, use a stand mixer with a dough hook and use a cookie/ice cream scoop to portion the biscuits. This made the process super easy. I also changed the ratio of the ingredients. Adding the honey butter is a delicious option.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 9x13inch square pan.

Cut sour cream into biscuit mix

add 7-Up. 

Using a cookie/ice cream scoop, portion out the biscuits and place them in the pan with the melted butter. After biscuits are place in pan, flip them so both sides are covered in butter.

bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Mix melted butter and honey together

 

Pour or brush the honey butter over the hot biscuits!!

This biscuits are so soft and fluffy. The honey butter takes it to ANOTHER LEVEL!!

Store in fridge in an air tight container or ziploc bag.

 

Turtle Cookies!!!

It’s National Cookie Day!!!! In addition to my chocolate chip cookie recipe this is another cookie you will love. Turtle Cookies!! After the chewy cookie is baked you top it with toasted pecans, buttery caramel, and milk chocolate.

Start out with My Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe minus adding the chocolate chips.

Ingredients

Cookies (makes 30 cookies using 2 tablespoon measurement)

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cornstarch

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 ½ sticks (6 oz) butter, brown and cooled (I used salted unsalted is fine)

1 cup light brown sugar, packed

½ cup white sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon almond extract

Turtle

1 tablespoon butter (salted or unsalted)

1 ½ cups of pecans (halves or chopped)

20 individually wrapped caramels (such as Kraft)

1/4 cup milk or heavy cream

2 cups milk chocolate chips

2 tablespoon vegetable shortening

After dough is prepared, cover and refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.

Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add pecans Stirring frequently. Make sure not to burn your pecans. This will take about 2-4 minutes

Unwrap caramels place in a microwave safe bowl.

Remove the dough from the fridge and preheat the oven to 325 degrees, make sure the racks are in the middle of the oven.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

 

I used an ice cream scoop to measure the dough. After the dough is scooped I halved the dough

Bake for 12 minutes, rotating the cookies half way through. The edges should be golden, but the center of the cookie should look soft. Every oven is different so keep an eye on the cookies at the 10 minute mark.

While the cookies are baking you can make your turtle.
Place unwrap caramels in a microwave safe bowl with 1/4 cup of milk or heavy cream. Microwave for 90 seconds and stir. Return to microwave for another 30 seconds. Stir. Place back in microwave in 15 second increments if caramels are not melted completely.

Place chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl with 2 tablespoons of vegetable shortening. Microwave in 30 second increments stirring until chocolate chips melt.

 After the dough is baked, while it is still hot use the bottom of a spoon and press lightly in the middle of the dough. This makes a well for your turtle.

 Start placing the pecans in the well you have made. I made sure all the cookies had to pecan halves. It's totally up to you. You can add more or less depending on your taste buds.

Once the pecans are placed in the well add the caramel, I placed a teaspoon of caramel onto of each cookie.

The last is the melted chocolate. I added about 2 teaspoons.

After the turtle is complete, place the cookies on a cooling rack. It will take about 20-30 minutes (room temperature) for the turtles to set.

These cookies are YUMMY!!