One bite was all it took for me to be sitting around our dining room table in my childhood home, nylons still on my feet, shoes off, my parents nagging at me that I’m ruining my nylons because I am not wearing shoes… “Do you know how much nylons cost? You are running around the house with them still on with no shoes, ruining them.”
Church had just gotten out and upon returning home, my mom had baked the wheat bread that had been rising while we were gone. Fresh from the oven, we all gathered around the table for the first slice. The first slice was always the best… smothered in her homemade honey butter and still warm to the touch. “Don’t ruin your lunch,” my mom would say. But she knew better. Attempting to keep us from ruining our lunch was fruitless. We couldn’t help ourselves. One slice simply was not enough and our family would eat her bread until we couldn’t take another bite. As often happened on those Sunday’s, a loaf of bread would be be our lunch.
These biscuits are not my mom’s homemade wheat bread nor is the honey butter just any plain old honey butter, but even still…upon first bite the food time machine took me away to days already gone. What food transports you on a time machine back to your childhood?
If you are looking for something incredibly special to put on your table this holiday season, this recipe for Pumpkin Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter is certain to enhance your holiday table. With flavors so subtle and rich at the same time, this is one combination that is sure to make a lasting impression.
Pumpkin Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter from My Recipes and Cooking Light
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 biscuit and 1 teaspoon butter)
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
Cooking spray
1/4 cup Orange-Honey Butter
Preheat oven to 450º.
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.
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
Yield: 1 1/4 cups (serving size: 1 teaspoon)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
Scrumptious. One look at that photo makes me want to be there and about to eat it – even if I had to wear horrible nylons. 🙂
Super job… these look fantastic and I bet taste even better!
I am making these this weekend. I can’t wait!! Thanks Kristen!
I just love “time machine” food! Chicken divan takes me back…
This sound fabulous! The orange honey butter had me. Yum.
I remember the nylons!! My mom makes this chicken dish that’s covered in a creamy mushroom sauce. I’ve never made it myself (I don’t even want to think about what’s in it) so it’s a favorite I definitely associate with childhood. Love the looks of these pumpkin biscuits!
Kristen…I want to make these and eat them ALL BY MYSELF!
I can only imagine how wonderful your house must have smelled when your mom was making fresh bread. It sounds amazing. I love the idea of honey orange butter. I will definitely have to give this one a try. There is something about freshly baked breads that is always completely irresistible!
For me there are two recipes that transport me back to my mother’s table – Chicken a la King and Baked Alaska. Both were specialities of hers back in the late 60’s/early 70’s. If I close my eyes, I can imagine the taste of both of them right now.
Oh man, these are *right* up my alley!
Pumpkin biscuits… oh yum…
There are so many that take me away in my time machine. I sure love making them for my family now.
Never heard of Pumpkin Biscuits before! I need to have these in life 🙂
This looks fantastic. I love the Honey Orange Butter that you paired with these pumpkin biscuits.
My time machine is Black Forest Cake
I love this story, Kristen. Reminds me of when I was a kid too – running around outside in socks. My mom gave up after a while. And these biscuits sound di-vine! I will have to make them. The orange honey-butter is what really got me! Thanks for the recipe.
I really want to make some of these right now. What a great holiday bread and the butter- YUM!
Goodness these look yum!
Great story about your childhood bread-eating. The orange honey butter is a wonderful addition to these biscuits.
i have been working on developing a sweet potato biscuit. but a pumpkin biscuit….now we are talking. looks fabby!
What a yummy recipe! Even better is the story that goes with them.
~Liz
Pumpkin biscuits & orange honey butter – perfect combination! I loved it when my dad helped make homemade pizza – he always made the dough, my mother always made the sauce and fixed the toppings. Sunday dinners were usually a pot roast or chicken w/my favorite food ever, potatoes!
Mmm coming home to homemade bread fresh from the oven is always a glorious thing. I wish I had had such a thing growing up. These sound marvelous and I would love to bake them for my future children. To allow them to have this kind of taste-memory.
You had me at Orange-Honey Butter. These look fabulous…I love when recipes can take us back to those random moments from our childhood! It makes cooking and baking so much more than just a daily task.
When I was sick, my Mom made me “Milk Toast”. It was cinnamon toast with heated milk over it. Actually, the milk was under it. If it was poured in correctly, the milk would soak the bread leaving a crust of cinnamon, butter and sugar floating on top. Cinnamon toast always takes me back to that time. I also like tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. These were also a staple of Moms. Oh, and creamed chipped beef on toast.
Biscuits are a weakness of mine Kristen……and that butter sounds even MORE amazing!
I really think I’m getting up and making these right now… 🙂
I doubt you will have any of these leftover, but if you do, feel free to send some down to your friendly neighbor 🙂
These make me want to curl up with a nice cup of tea.
These look delicious, the orange-honey butter sounds absolutely wonderful!
Chicken Noodle Soup takes me back to my childhood.
Delicious! I’m gonna consider these for Thanksgiving this year 🙂 My childhood memory food has got to be boxed spiced cake. Loved it then, and still love it now!
Ooooo! I’d love a couple of these with a cup of coffee or tea!
Your story transported me back to YOUR house for a minute there. I love stories that do that. Just now, Russian Tea Cakes are transporting me back to my childhood. My sister and I always made tons of cookies for the holidays. Her specialty was the Russian Tea Cakes.
I wish I had some of these for breakfast! They sound so good. 🙂 My mom didn’t cook much, but she did make her own pasta/tomato sauce. I can still smell it cooking on the stove.
yum! I love flavored butters 🙂
Mushroom gravy is something that mom makes so much better than I can make it myself, it makes me think of my childhood
I love food that transports. Totally my favorite kind. And we call them pantyhose around here. 🙂
I’ve never tried any pumpkin recipe before. As i look into this photo, my mouth is watering! I can’t wait to make this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
An itenlilgnet answer – no BS – which makes a pleasant change
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These sound incredible! Going on my to-make list…maybe for Thanksgiving instead of regular rolls!
I’ve made sweet potato biscuits, but never pumpkin. YUM!
HOLY COW!!! Where have I been? Oh yeah 🙂 These are awesome GF!!
I think I may just have to start a Sunday tradition of homemade bread after church now – that sounds so good! And I’m trying out these biscuits for sure – they’d be perfect for the holidays!