Pumpkin Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter

Pumpkin Biscuits

Orange-Honey Butter

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
  • ¾ cup fat-free buttermilk
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • Cooking spray
  • ¼ cup Orange-Honey Butter
Directions

 

  1. Preheat oven to 450º.
  2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through nutmeg); cut in chilled butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  3. Combine buttermilk and pumpkin; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 5 times. Roll dough to about 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into 12 biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 11 minutes or until golden. Serve warm with 1/4 cup Orange-Honey Butter.

Orange-Honey Butter

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
Directions

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.