How to make Bisquick cinnamon biscuits with a powdered sugar glaze. This is an easy breakfast recipe you can make in a jiffy, with or without raisins. Make the perfect sweet treats for holiday brunch and family gatherings. No rolling pin needed!
It's been so long since I've actually had Hardees cinnamon raisin biscuits, but I still remember how yummy they were. Thankfully, like Bisquick cinnamon sugar muffins, they're super easy to make.
To make these cinnamon Bisquick biscuits all by themselves, you only need 4 ingredients. If you want icing, which I highly recommend, you'll need just a few more.
We used to be able to purchase the actual Bisquick Cinnamon Biscuit mix, but our store doesn't carry it anymore. So I kinda came up with my own version, using a regular Bisquick biscuit mix.
When we'd rather have from scratch, I enjoy making biscuit cinnamon rolls (easy cinnamon rolls) or this more traditional delicious cinnamon rolls recipe.
Why You'll Love These Cinnamon Biscuits
- Bisquick sweet biscuits are drop biscuits, so there is no rolling or cutting out required. How awesome is that?!
- It really is the easiest cinnamon biscuit recipe ever. You only need a handful of ingredients, most of which you likely already have in your pantry.
- It reminds me so much of that Hardees cinnamon biscuit I used to love getting with my mom when I was a kid. There were 2 to every pack, and we'd always share a pack.
What Are Drop Biscuits?
Drop biscuits are just that. They're biscuits you literally drop onto a baking sheet and bake, no rolling or cutting out required.
You can drop the biscuit dough with a simple table spoon like I do, or you can use a large scoop for this. Whatever makes it easier for you, just go with it.
Ingredients and Substitutions Notes:
To make the biscuits, you need 4 simple ingredients, but you'll need a few more glaze ingredients, as well. I highly recommend making the icing to top the biscuits.
- Bisquick Biscuit Mix – If you can find it, I highly recommend the Buttermilk Biscuit Mix. If not, the regular mix will work just fine. You can also make these gluten-free with Gluten Free Bisquick.
- Water – You can substitute milk instead of water; in fact, if you're subbing, I recommend subbing with buttermilk. Reason why is buttermilk actually helps with the leavening process and may give you a fluffier biscuit. If milk is all you have, milk works too, and will likely give a richer flavor to the biscuits.
- Cane Sugar – You can also use granulated sugar.
- Ground Cinnamon – You'll mix this together with the sugar to make cinnamon sugar.
- Salted Butter – When making the icing, you'll need softened butter.
- Pure Vanilla Extract – This will give a distinct vanilla flavor that pairs so well with cinnamon biscuits.
- Powdered Sugar or Confectioners Sugar
- Whole Milk – You can use 2% milk or skim milk, but I highly recommend whole milk for added richness and flavor.
How to Make Bisquick Cinnamon Biscuits
Making Bisquick biscuits is super easy, especially since the instructions are right there on the box. However, making cinnamon biscuits with Bisquick requires just a couple extra biscuit ingredients. Those extra ingredients are sugar and cinnamon.
While you can buy a big box of Bisquick, you can also use 2 of the smaller packets of biscuit mix. Each package of Bisquick biscuit mix weighs 7.5 ounces, so 15 ounces would be 2 of the smaller bags of biscuit mix, which equal out to just a smidge under 3 1/2 cups of biscuit mix.
If you don't have biscuit mix and would rather make homemade biscuits with all-purpose flour, you can do that too. You'll just need to add the cinnamon and sugar to your mixture.
Before getting started, be sure to heat oven to 425° F, and get out an ungreased cookie sheet or baking sheet.
How to Make Cinnamon Sugar
We make a lot of cinnamon toast in our house, or as my oldest likes to call it, poor man's cinnamon roll. If you've never had cinnamon toast, that's another recipe for another day, but your life will never be the same once you try this old school treat.
Anyway, I usually always keep a small spice container of cinnamon and sugar already mixed up and ready to go. This recipe calls for 8 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon.
- Just add both the cinnamon and sugar to a small bowl, mix it up, and you're ready to make the biscuits.
Mix Everything Together to Make Cinnamon Biscuit Dough
- Add the biscuit mix and water to a large bowl.
- Before mixing into a somewhat sticky dough, add the cinnamon sugar mixture, and then mix everything together really well, 'til a soft dough forms.
How to Bake Cinnamon Drop Biscuits
- Drop dough onto a baking sheet, about 1 to 2 inches apart. As you place biscuits, you can make the biscuits as small or as big as you want. If desired, you can place a sheet of parchment paper on the baking pan before dropping biscuits onto the pan.
- Bake them in a preheated oven at 425° F for 8 to 11 minutes (oven times may vary), until the biscuits turn golden brown.
Make a Simple Icing or Glaze for Your Biscuits
Meanwhile in a separate bowl, mix up a simple powdered sugar icing, much like my favorite sugar cookie icing, but slightly thinner like a glaze.
- Combine the softened or melted butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and milk in a medium bowl.
- When the biscuits are done and while they're still hot, brush the sweet glaze on the top of each warm biscuit with a pastry brush, and let it melt into each biscuit.
Then serve the cinnamon biscuits warm and enjoy every bite. Cinnamon sugar biscuits are best served with a hot cup of coffee or tea, or an ice cold glass of milk.
Alternative Recipe Ingredients to Try
There are a few things you can do to add even more oomph to this cinnamon biscuits recipe…
- Sub brown sugar for half the cane sugar. Brown sugar will give a rich, still sweet, but slightly nutty flavor to the biscuits. It's especially good if you're adding any nuts to the mixture.
- Add raisins. The true Hardees biscuits had raisins in them.
- Mix in chopped walnuts or pecans. Or just top them off with a sprinkling of nuts.
- Add a hint of caramel extract to the frosting.
- Instead of caramel extract, try maple extract.
- Add a little bit of orange zest to either the biscuits or the icing.
Expert Tips and Recipe FAQ's
I've found that Bisquick can make a pretty dry biscuit. 2 things that will help counteract this natural tendency… 1. Don't over-mix the dough. Mix the ingredients just 'til they're mixed and everything is moistened; then drop and bake. 2. You may have added too much biscuit mix; you may need to add a little bit more liquid to counteract the dry dough and get some moisture back into it.
We talked about this above in the ingredient notes. But I thought it necessary to add here too. And yes, you totally can. In fact, if you're subbing, I recommend subbing with buttermilk. Reason why is buttermilk actually helps with the leavening process and may give you a fluffier biscuit. If milk is all you have, milk works too, and will likely give a richer flavor to the biscuits. It may also help add more moisture to the biscuits.
Yes, you can make the dough the night before, then bake the biscuits the next morning. In fact, refrigerating the dough overnight may actually help to make a fluffier biscuit.
Yes, you can freeze cinnamon biscuits baked or unbaked. If freezing unbaked, drop the biscuits onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet of your choice, and freeze them for about an hour so the dough is no longer sticky. Then remove them from the freezer, and place the biscuits in an airtight container or freezer bag, and place them back in the freezer. If freezing baked, allow the biscuits to cool before placing in an airtight container or freezer bag. I would recommend waiting to glaze them right before serving, just so you don't have the added frustration of trying to keep the frosting intact while storing and freezing.
If you decide not to add icing to the biscuits, you can keep them in an airtight container out on the counter. If you decide to glaze them, since that glaze is a milk-based recipe, you may want to keep them in an airtight container in the fridge. They should keep for 2-3 days.
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Bisquick Cinnamon Biscuits
Ingredients
Cinnamon Biscuits:
- 8 teaspoons cane sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 1/2 cups biscuit mix
- 1 cup water
Glaze:
- 2 tablespoons salted butter softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 425° F.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, add the cinnamon sugar, biscuit mix, and water. Mix everything together well, 'til a soft dough forms.
- Drop the biscuits onto an un-greased baking sheet, about 1 to 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 425° F for 8 to 11 minutes (oven times may vary), until the biscuits turn golden brown.
- Meanwhile, mix up the icing in a large mixing bowl, combining the softened butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and milk.
- When the biscuits are done and while they're still hot, brush the sweet glaze on the top of each warm biscuit with a pastry brush, and let it melt into each biscuit.
- Serve immediately while warm.
Notes
If you decide not to add icing to the biscuits, you can keep them in an airtight container out on the counter. If you decide to glaze them, since that glaze is a milk-based recipe, you may want to keep them in an airtight container in the fridge. They should keep for 2-3 days.
I have a feeling that the mix you are using is 15 oz is a different amt than an actual measurement of just short of a cup. I don’t find single packages but maybe you could measure by cup and tell us how much it is per cup in 15 oz package. It is probably weight by pound not by volume.
Mary, you are right; it is weight by pound.
I used the print recipe card option and the key details at blocked out by a rectangle that says “Do not sell my personal information.”
Wilma, I’m not sure why that’s happening. If it continues to be a problem, is there any way you could email me a screenshot of what you’re seeing? Or let me know what browser you’re using, so I can try to recreate the issue? Thank you!
15 ounces of bisquick is 3 cups.
Thanks so much, Laura!
It probably would help if you would tell your readers how much Bisquick to use, by using a cup measure, instead of using “2 packs” for it is more commonly purchased in a box. Hope this helps with some of the confusion. 😊
Teresa, the recipe card has the exact measurement by weight. Thank you!
I measured the 15oz and also found them to be extremely runny so kept adding more bisquick. Can’t say they were as yummy as I remember Hardee’s to be. Probably won’t make them again but was worth a try.
They were likely runny because of measuring instead of weighing. The 15 ounces is a weight measurement. I apologize for any confusion.
I measured 15 oz from the box and added the water. It was very runny. Had to add a lot more Bisquick. Next time I am going to slowly add water. Also added cinnamon chips to mine. Yum.
Terri, did you weigh out the ounces? If not, that is likely why it was runny. Mmmm, the cinnamon chips sound delicious!
These biscuits sound terrific but how much raisins do you use
Dolores, I’d probably use 1/2 to 3/4 cup of raisins.
These were super delicious, and my family loved them!! My husband said the icing tasted just like the icing that hardees puts on their cinnamon raisin biscuits, he kept saying yummy too ? The batter was thin, but that was absolutely no problem, they came out perfect!!!! I will make these again ??
Thank you so much, Christy! I’m so glad y’all enjoyed them.
How well do these store?
Theresa, they store well for 2-3 days. If any longer, I would freeze them.
Hi, I was wondering if you could use Gluten Free Bisquick?
Thank you.
Bobbi, I don’t see why a gluten free biscuit mix wouldn’t work just fine.