What do you expect from a biscuit? That it’s light and fluffy and a perfect vehicle for other flavors like butter or jam? Me too, generally. But these biscuits are a horse of a different color. While they’re plenty tender, you wouldn’t describe them as fluffy and though they come with an amazing honey butter glaze, you don’t really have to augment them with a single thing as they’re already stuffed with tart Granny Apple flavor. These Granny Smith Apple Biscuits are so flavorful, they’re easy to make, and they’re a fun departure from your basic biscuit!

With these, you start the same way you do with more traditional biscuits – by cutting butter into your dry ingredients until you have a crumbly mixture. But then you also work in some grated Granny Smith apples, and then finally some buttermilk until it’s a workable dough.

You’ll need to knead this dough and it is a sticky one, so flour generously. Just knead it a bit until it’s workable, it won’t get totally smooth and you don’t want it to either! Bits of butter in biscuit dough help create steam pockets for flakiness. You’ll fold the dough a number of times to create layers, and then cut out the biscuits and bake ’em. It’s an easy process, but the end results are super flavorful and delicious.

But the flavor doesn’t end there, friends! Just to put these totally over the top, you also make up a quick honey butter glaze on the stovetop while these finish baking and brush it over the biscuits while they’re still warm. The sweetness of the honey goes so well with the tartness of the apples inside, you don’t want to skip it!