I have been so excited to share these Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits with you! Those biscuits are some of my favorites of all time and being able to make them at home has made all my biscuit dreams come true!
Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits
While that may seem a bit over-the-top, it’s for real. Bojangles is a fried chicken fast food restaurant, but sadly it’s only on the East Coast, primarily in the South. So while you may not have heard of it, if you are ever near one, you must try it – and get the fries! OMG! The best seasoning!
And I’d tell you to also get the cinnamon biscuits, but sadly they got rid of them many years ago. 🙁
My life was over on that sad, sad day. I almost boycotted right then and there. A soft, buttery, amazing biscuit soaked with a cinnamon filling and smothered in vanilla glaze icing? I mean, YEA! Why would you ever stop making them?!
They switched to a cinnamon pecan twist and it just wasn’t the same.
The cinnamon biscuits didn’t leave the stores all at once. You could still find them sometimes. I remember when the hubs and I were in college and were driving out to the coast of North Carolina, we happened to see one and I made him stop just to check and see if they still had the biscuits. They did and I got several. 🙂
But now they really are gone. For good.
But not totally because now I made them! Finally! Sorry for my over-exuberance, but really you need to join the excitement. They are worth it. I’ve been wanting to make a copycat version since the blog began just over 3 years ago and I’m glad I finally did! It took so long in part because I was afraid of biscuits, but I have to tell you they aren’t hard to make. Don’t be afraid!
To prove it, I took pictures of the process for you. Allow me to break it down.
How to Make These Marvelous Biscuits
1. Start by adding your flour, baking powder, powdered sugar, cinnamon, butter and shortening to a bowl. I know some aren’t big fans of shortening. You can replace it with butter, but I tried it both ways and thought it was better with a mix of both. Your call.
2. Cut the butter and shortening into the dry ingredients until you just have little bits of butter left, between the size of a small pea and a grain of rice.
3. Make a little hole in the center of your flour mixture, then pour the buttermilk into that hole and use a wooden spoon to cover it with the flour mixture.
4. Fold ingredients together until just combined. Don’t over mix.
5. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 2-3 times, then spread to desired thickness. Mine was big enough to cut 4 biscuits the first time, then about 2 more the second time. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out biscuits.
6. Place biscuits on a cookie sheet, then press a little dent/hole in the center of the biscuit.
7. Fill the hole with about 1 tablespoon of cinnamon filling.
Then bake those babies! And when they are done, brush them with some melted butter, then cover them in vanilla glaze! To die for!
If you’ve never tried Bojangles before, you’ll want to after trying these babies. Any place that came up with biscuits as amazing as these can’t possibly be bad.
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Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits
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Ingredients
Cinnamon Filling
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp butter (melted)
Biscuits
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup salted butter (very cold, cubed, divided)
- 1/4 cup butter flavored shortening (very cold, cubed)
- 3/4 cup, plus 2 tbsp buttermilk
Vanilla Glaze
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450℉.
- Make cinnamon filling by combining brown sugar, cinnamon, flour and melted butter. Set aside.
- In a separate medium-size bowl, combine flour, baking powder, powdered sugar and cinnamon.
- Use a pastry cutter to cut 1/4 cup butter and shortening into the flour mixture. Your butter and shortening should be cold enough to stay in pieces and not blend into the flour. You want to have little bits of butter and shortening throughout.
- Make a hole in the center of your flour mixture, then pour in the buttermilk.
- Use a wooden spoon to carefully fold the ingredients together until just combined. Dough will be sticky.
- Knead the dough 2-3 times on a lightly floured surface. Do no over knead. You should still see bits of butter and shortening and dough should be coarsely combined, not smooth. Spread the dough out to desired thickness. I was about to get 4 biscuits from the first round of cutting.
- Use a sharp biscuit cutter to cut out biscuits. Do not use a spinning motion to cut biscuits. Press down, then lift up. You’ll have more dough that you can cut a couple more biscuits from, but be careful not to over knead it when re-spreading it.
- Place biscuits on an unlined baking sheet, preferably lighter in color.
- Make a little dent in the center of the biscuits. Add about 1 tablespoon of cinnamon filling to the hole.
- Bake for about 12 minutes, or until lightly brown on the lights and edges.
- Remove biscuits from oven, then brush with remaining 1/4 cup of butter, melted.
- Remove biscuits to a plate to cool and top with vanilla glaze.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Enjoy!
This is one of my family’s favorite things I make 🙂 10/10. I’ve totally accidentally added in ALL the butter before, but it just made for an ultra buttery treat 🤤 kids are always requesting I make these!
I’m so glad you all enjoy them!
You need to specify “DIVIDED” for the butter in your ingredient list. Not just an *. Very disappointing to make it through the recipe and realize I made a mistake.
I have done that. You’re correct about noting it that way. Sorry you had trouble with them! That said, the instructions clearly listed how much butter to be added at two different points, so that should have been fairly clear.
I live in Western NC. Bojangles still has cinnamon biscuits. Make sure to get them in the morning when they are fresh and delicious!
Nice! They brought them back around us for a while, but now they are gone again.
I used my go-to biscuit and added 2 tablespoons of honey to the biscuits while making them. Used your copycat cinnamon filling and made my glaze using buttermilk instead if regular milk and added a half teaspoon of vanilla. They were delicious. I was surprised that the filling was somewhat crusty instead of melty.
Thank you for this! Found your recipe on Pinterest in the midst of the quarentine. Used Ms..B’s refrigerated biscuits and added your cinnamon butter mix after baking. Yummy!
What would happen if I only use butter in place of shortening and only use regular flour?
Using all butter will change the consistency a bit, but should be fine. Using all purpose flour will be an issue because you’d need to add a leavener (which is already added in self rising flour).
I just got half a dozen of these biscuits at the Bojangles in Dothan, Alabama this past Saturday, August 4, 2018 My husband and boys had never had them before and immediately fell in love with them!
NOW, if only you could come up with the recipe for the bbq chicken they had back in the mid-90’s!?!
They are the BEST! I don’t think I ever had the BBQ chicken though – bummer!