Basic Biscuits

I have a basic biscuit recipe that I have memorized. It has come in handy countless times when I've needed a quick bread solution for dinner (or breakfast) or something to feed the kids.

Basic Biscuit Recipe

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 Tablespoon sucanat or sugar choice
1 Tablespoon aluminum-free baking powder
1 teaspoon salt (Redmond's Real Salt is the best!)
1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 (ish) cup milk

You mix the dry ingredients, cut in the butter, and add milk in small amounts to get it the right consistency. Knead 10 times, just until it forms a ball, roll out and cut biscuits, or just form them with your hands. Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes.

What I've realized is that there are countless variations to this recipe. I've made garlic cheese and broccoli cheddar. I like to use it as the crust for chicken pot pie, and a mexican pot pie that I made up. And yesterday, I discovered one more way to use this recipe. Here's what I did.

Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits
(basic recipe is doubled)

4 cups whole wheat
1 cup sucanat
2 Tablespoons cinnamon (I like cinnamon a lot! You could cut this by half)
2 Tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt (because it's sweet)
1 cup of coconut oil
1/2(ish) cup milk
Raisins

After I formed them in balls, I kind of broke them in half and pressed raisins into the middle before I baked them.
These weren't super sweet (although still sweet enough to feel like a treat for breakfast), so if you wanted to make them more like cinnamon rolls, you could make a glaze out of powdered sugar and a little vanila and milk!