Cranberry Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits.
I’m not gonna lie.
I still hate dealing with these stupid cranberries.
Remember last week, after I dumped the entire bag on the kitchen floor… then made the salsa which I inevitably finished off with a bag of blue corn chips… then swore I’d never make anything with these unjuicy little pearls again… then shoved them on the bottom rack of the fridge, where they spilled out all over the floor again, 14 minutes later… and told you that I baked something with cranberries?
Yeeeeep. This is it.
I’m still confused about the cranberries.
Fruit.
That I can’t really eat raw.
That I can’t really bite into.
That I can’t really smother with peanut butter.
That I can’t really dip into caramel sauce or freeze after smothered in chocolate. This.doesn’t.make.sense.
And I can’t get over it.
To the point of wanting to punch myself in the face.
I mean, look at them. Just so cute and weird and freaky inside.
Who runs hot and cold? Not me.
By the way, I’m definitely not sitting on my couch with an entire 9×13 baking dish full of breakfast cake in my lap and watching Sex and the City. Because it definitely wasn’t me who just want “one bite” to taste which turned into two and then three and in case you didn’t know, standing over the sink with a fork while attempting to type on your computer isn’t exactly what one would call… feasible.
But hey – not my issue.
So these are kind of cute, right? Fat, fluffy biscuits studded with bright red cranberries that melt in your mouth. A little doughy, a little sweet, a little tart and a little savory. Not exactly something I’d serve with dinner, but warm from the oven with tons of melted butter on top accompanying eggs at breakfast? Particularly brown sugar and maaaybe… cinnamon butter? I’m all over that.
Cranberry Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 sticks, 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 2/3 cup fresh cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and soda, and whisk until combined. Using a fork, pastry blender or your hands, add butter pieces to the flour and mix until coarse little crumbles remain. Toss in cranberries. Add buttermilk and stir with a spoon until just combined, not overmixing. Use your hands if needed to bring the dough together.
- Use 1/4 cup measure to drop batter onto a nonstick baking sheet, or press dough on a sheet of parchment paper or cutting board, then using a biscuit cutter to shape the dough into rounds. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown.
Notes
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145 Comments on “Cranberry Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits.”
how perfect are these for the holidays?? they look DELISH.
LOVE! Weird thought, what do you think about the idea of using dried cranberries?
Dried cranberries also entered my mind too…..I don’t think I have ever seen fresh ones!
Yep you could definitely use dried!
Oh, these are so ridiculously cute!
If it means getting to eat your food, I’d come iron the placemats every day :)
I love the inside/interior shot of that cranberry…I never really paid attention, but they are kinda weird inside, aren’t they.
I love how puffy your biscuits are.
And that latte-ish looking drink in the last shot with the cinnamon sticks in it…I want THAT!
It’s eggnog! :)
Perfect breakfast. I have a crush on cranberries and I rarely use them…bad on me. My Moms raw cranberry sauce is one of the main reasons I look forward to thanksgiving!
Oh! These are such pretty little biscuits. But you have me very enticed – breakfast cake? When??
Wonder what these would taste loaded with turkey and dressing or even some ham or bacon? :o)
Um… probably AMAZING. I didn’t even think of that!
…and perfect, and salubrious, and winsome. Fantastic idea!
More fantastic holiday creations. You are making me feel like it should be cold outside instead of the 34C (93F) that it was today.
And by the way, I didn’t even notice the tiny wrinkles in your placemat until you said about it…..looking at the food is much more important to me!
yum!!!!! too bad we have no cranberries here…..:(
Wow, these look fabulous! I love that there are still whole berries in the finished biscuit – no need for any jam! :-P
Try pulverizing those juiceless babies into a margarita….cranberry margaritas are amazing! (and so festive!)
These are just adorable! Love this little biscuit. Bring me the butter!
These look totally amazing. Oh- and I work for food! ;-)
Good to know. ;)
I have a love/hate relationship with cranberries, but I think they are so pretty and festive… Something so pretty should really taste so fabulous! I never realized what they looked like on the inside ~ funny little guys ;-) Your biscuits look great and I have a bag of cranberries just sitting in my frig.waiting to be used for something fun, not just cranberry sauce Eeeww! So funny you just mentioned sitting on your couch with the 9x 13 pan of breakfast cake ;-) When I got home from work last night ~ I was checking my emails with a 9x 13 pan of a raspberry crumble a spoon and glass of milk. That was dinner and it was delicious…XoXo
Mmm that sounds like my kind of dinner!
Wait, which episode of SATC did you watch? Can you believe THAT is what I got out of this post? I mean, the biscuits look totes freakin’ awesome too, but I need NEED to know what era you were watching.
LONG LIVE SATC.
Amen.
LOL!!
HA! CRANBERRIES! I KNEW IT! :)
I’m volunteering to come iron your placemats. BUT. Don’t even *think* about putting these out for me while I work, because they look, well, they just don’t look very good…hmmm…ok, let’s not be rude…I’ll take a little nibble…”Jessica! Look! Something shiny over THERE!!”
What pan of biscuits? I have no earthly idea what you’re talking about. And you know *I* didn’t eat them, seeing as I told you they don’t even look good.
If you find a taker on the placemat ironing, can you send them over to my house to do mine too? I swear I have to iron them EVERY time I take pictures. I’ve taken to hanging them up in a closet now (instead of my previous rolling and throwing in a basket tactic) but it’s still not a flawless method.
And about the biscuits – they look awesome! Your photos are so so gorgeous. If you ask me, the wrinkled mats add character! ;)
Thanks girl!!
And to think you say you aren’t crafty/artsy/ Baking is totally an art. I can’t bake to save my life. Of course I hate following directions and you cant exactly wing it when it comes to measurements with baking. Who needs a fancy centerpiece when you can load a lovely little basket with these babies?!
oh. my. god. That photo of the split biscuit with the melted butter…..
Jessica, you’ve got the blogging gift. This recipe looks and sounds fantastic and I have to make these. Thank you, thank you.
My kind of biscuit! I will take a dozen:)
I might have to make these for Christmas morning, they’re so pretty! And just the perfect addition to the annual Eggs Benedict the father-in-law makes, because all we need is more food obviously.
Cranberries… baked into a biscuit. YUM. I have two bags of berries that I got for super cheap at our brand new Trader Joe’s that I need to use. These might be on the menu.
Also, love the stemless stemware. I realize that sounds like an oxymoron, but I have some very similar stemless wineglasses and love them.
I was just about to ask what is stemless stemware? Then I realized it’s what’s sitting on my table. Duh.
I’ll iron your place mats. I’ll even clean your kitchen, while I’m at it (we all know that needs to be done too). ;)
One condition. You can babysit my kids. All of them.
Fair?
Whoa whoa whoa… I need to think about this.
There are only 4 of them. And they are super cute. Only one is in diapers. Sounds easy, right?
I’m a great cleaner. (I have to be) lol
Ha, no kidding!
These look beautiful! Sure fire way to get me to eat any fruit is to stick in bread. :)
These are some mighty fine looking biscuits – I would have never in a million years thought to put cranberries and buttermilk biscuits together! Love it, Jessica!
Ironing is the worst. I have about 5 items of clothing that need to be ironed and they rarely get worn for that very reason. Can you imagine being our grandmothers and ironing everything? Tablecloths, handkerchiefs, dish towels, plus every single item of clothing? I would die.
My mom still irons EVERYTHING. Barf.
I am totally loving this recipe! Have you tried Trader Joe’s Cranberry Apple Butter? If not, you must! I had it last night on a cranberry roll and over top of my chicken. Holy Crap it was so good!! The reason I’m tell you is because it would be perfect with your Cranberry Biscuits, which I plan on making!!!
Can you freeze biscuits? I freeze bread all the time, and I think biscuits would be ok,but I just want to double check.
I’m honestly not an expert at freezing things… actually I’ve never froze any type of bread. But I would think they’d be okay?
I’m so making these!! You keep making me add things to my Thanksgiving menu :)
Those biscuits look so soft… I feel like I’d find them down south at some old school southern restaurant. But, uh, during fall, because I’m not sure when else you’d find fresh cranberries.
Ha, I know! I’m thinking about subbing fresh cherries in a different season?
Yes! Or blackberries!
They got amazingly puffy – beautiful biscuits! I can’t get my family past the jarred/jellied cranberry product. I made homemade orange ginger cranberry sauce last year and no one touched it. They’re a lost cause.
Any bread with cranberries mixed in is a winner in my book!
I don’t iron or eat cranberries but I do eat biscuits. These sound amazing and they are GORGEOUS.
So pretty! I love the ways these look and they sound pretty tasty too!
mmm..yummy! i live for doughy biscuits!
seriously, just hang your placemats in the bathroom with you when you shower. So easy.
Jessica these are beautiful!! wonder how they’d be with just a little orange? juice or zest? YUM!!
As I was copying the recipe from my notes I thought the same thing. I could kick myself for not adding some orange!
Those are the most beautiful biscuits I’ve ever seen.
These are lovely! I am right there with you on the cranberries. I bought a bag at TJ’s the other day and I haven’t decided what to do with them. I know if I make them into a sauce that does not contain whipped cream or jello I will be the only one to eat them. This is a great idea for Thanksgiving morning. This way I can use my cranberries and then still make a jello type salad that everyone will eat. The cinnamon butter sounds perfect too…yum.
GAH! THIS IS THE RECIPE I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!! Seriously! For WEEKS I’ve been thinking to myself how I want to make biscuits and how I want to bake something with cranberries. I’m DEFINITELY making these!
These would be perfect for Thanksgiving day breakfast! Very festive
I will come iron your placemats if you feed me!!!!
Easy tradeoff!
Clearly you need to make some candied cranberries… so you can happily eat them one after the other!
Candied cranberries?! OMG.
If I call this health food can I eat 3? With lots of butter?
Yes, yes and YES.
These are the prettiest biscuits ever! I need to get me some cranberries asap :)
I’ve never met a fresh cranberry but I love adding dried fruit to my baking. These scones would be a very yummy teatime treat. :)
I now can’t wait to go out to the grocery to buy fresh cranberries, run home and start baking. Looks awesome!
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i think you read my mind. my plan was to get online and find a recipe to use up to gigantic bag of cranberries my mom decided to buy. we’ve never bought cranberries, mind you. i have no problem making several batches of these gems so we can fit something else in to our fridge. thank you!