September 16, 2015

Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits

posted by Lindsay

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!

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-exhuberance, 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:

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.

Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits! Soft buttermilk biscuits with a cinnamon filling and vanilla glaze! Amazing!

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.

Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits

Yield: 6 Biscuits 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American

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*
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

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Make cinnamon filling by combining brown sugar, cinnamon, flour and melted butter. Set aside.

3. In a separate medium-size bowl, combine flour, baking powder, powdered sugar and cinnamon.

4. 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.

5. Make a hole in the center of your flour mixture, then pour in the buttermilk.

6. Use a wooden spoon to carefully fold the ingredients together until just combined. Dough will be sticky.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Place biscuits on an unlined baking sheet, preferably lighter in color.

10. Make a little dent in the center of the biscuits. Add about 1 tablespoon of cinnamon filling to the hole.

11. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until lightly brown on the lights and edges.

12. Remove biscuits from oven, then brush with remaining 1/4 cup of butter, melted.

13. Remove biscuits to a plate to cool and top with vanilla glaze.

Notes

Half of the butter will be used in the biscuits and the other half is melted for brushing over the top of the baked biscuits.

Enjoy!

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29 Comments »

29 comments

Mir September 16, 2015 @ 7:11 am Reply
Why do restaurants get rid of their best dishes? Why? Why?! I just stop going then, and they lose business. Not cool.
These look incredible. No wonder you were sad!
Marsha Jones September 16, 2015 @ 7:46 am Reply
Mmmmm…those biscuits look soppin good. All they need is a little cup of that copycat cinnamon filling on the side. I will definitely try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
- [email protected] September 21, 2015 @ 2:33 pm Reply
  Yes! The more cinnamon filling the better. 🙂
Annette September 16, 2015 @ 9:08 am Reply
I live on the east coast but have never tried Bojangles – now I’m sorry I missed these biscuits! They look delicious!
Beth @ bethcakes September 16, 2015 @ 9:52 am Reply
Omg, these look so good! I have to admit, I’ve only been to Bojangles once because my best friend couldn’t believe I’d never been haha. She loves the blueberry biscuits, so we had to get some of those. I wish I would have known about the cinnamon ones awhile ago though! Love that glaze on top. 🙂
Katharine September 16, 2015 @ 1:03 pm Reply
LOVE Bojangles, their biscuits in particular! These looks SO good, I will definitely be trying them soon!
- [email protected] September 21, 2015 @ 2:26 pm Reply
  Awesome! I’d love to know what you think! 🙂
Michelle @ My California Kitchen September 16, 2015 @ 3:29 pm Reply
I can TOTALLY see why you felt the need to recreate these! DROOL! I bet they smell almost as good as they taste, too 🙂
cupcakes September 17, 2015 @ 5:19 pm Reply
Perfectly done, I’m all in love with them
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction September 18, 2015 @ 11:39 am Reply
Whoa, these look incredible! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Erin M. September 19, 2015 @ 5:54 am Reply
These look delicious!!
Tina January 1, 2017 @ 6:28 pm Reply
Hi. Will be making the biscuits soon. Wanted to let you know that Bojangles does have the Cinnamon Bicuits again! We drove through KY, TN and GA in Dec of 2016 and stopped on the way to and from…they had them ????
- Lindsay January 7, 2017 @ 11:15 am Reply
  Ohhh! I’m going to have to check for them – that would be wonderful news! 🙂 So good!
Loraine January 29, 2017 @ 7:09 am Reply
One of my husband’s coworkers brought some to work the other day, my husband commented to me that he really like them so we stopped at Bojangles yesterday and had one. They are delicious! I will be making them. Thanks for the recipe.
- Lindsay January 30, 2017 @ 10:00 am Reply
  Jealous! I need some! 🙂 I hope you enjoy the recipe!
tracy February 7, 2017 @ 9:52 am Reply
do you Have to use Buttermilk???????? i dont have any
- Lindsay February 8, 2017 @ 2:59 pm Reply
  Did you enjoy up using buttermilk?
- Ryan September 17, 2017 @ 10:42 am Reply
  Put about a tablespoon of lemon juice in regular milk and let it sit 10-15 min and it will work as good as buttermilk.
tracy February 7, 2017 @ 10:59 am Reply
I just made these for my family this morning. THESE are AMAZING!!!!!!
- Lindsay February 8, 2017 @ 2:58 pm Reply
  Yay!! So glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
Mark Hodges October 19, 2017 @ 12:16 pm Reply
Just this past weekend I visited my daughter at college in Boone NC. On the way home we stopped in Bojangles in Wilkesboro NC on 421. I had my first Cin Biscuit. I couldn’t believe it. The one here in Smithfield NC only has the twist….as you say not the same. Thank you for this recipe.
Julia February 9, 2018 @ 4:59 pm Reply
Just wanted to double check- we use self-rising flour in the recipe as well as baking soda?
- Lindsay February 19, 2018 @ 2:04 pm Reply
  Yes, that’s correct.
Shaun February 17, 2018 @ 7:34 am Reply
The cinnamon biscuits are back at bojangles I had one last night!!
- Lindsay February 19, 2018 @ 4:59 pm Reply
  Yes, we’ve had them! They are so good! 🙂
Jennifer McCrory August 7, 2018 @ 2:53 pm Reply
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!?!
- Lindsay August 23, 2018 @ 4:54 pm Reply
  They are the BEST! I don’t think I ever had the BBQ chicken though – bummer!
Jenn April 28, 2019 @ 10:47 am Reply
What would happen if I only use butter in place of shortening and only use regular flour?
- Lindsay May 4, 2019 @ 1:53 pm Reply
  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).

Copycat Bojangles Cinnamon Biscuits