Cinnamon Sugar Drop Biscuits with Glaze

You’ll love how easy it is to make these perfectly sweet drop biscuits that are topped with a simple glaze, making a delicious yet easy breakfast.

Cinnamon sugar drop biscuits with glaze are tender and fluffy, with just the right amount of sweetness. Best of all, they’re easy to make–no rolling or cutting required!

UPDATED January 5, 2026

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Biscuits are one of the best breads to make if you’re a beginner bread-maker, because they don’t require any yeast or time for the dough to rise.

I’ve always been a fan of “quick breads,” like banana bread and pumpkin bread, and biscuits fall into that category, too.

That means it’s easy to make these sweet biscuits even when you’re short on time! And let’s be honest–as moms, we rarely have a lot of extra time to spend in the kitchen.

Cinnamon sugar drop biscuits feel special, sort of the same way homemade pancakes do, but without a lot of extra effort.

These aren’t just ordinary, plain Jane biscuits here. They’re topped with sparkly cinnamon sugar, then drizzled with a sweet glaze. This definitely takes it up a notch!

They’re tasty enough for a Christmas breakfast (or any holiday, for that matter!), or a family member’s birthday breakfast, or even just a weekend breakfast when you want to bring a smile to everyone’s face.

If you like these, you’ll also love my easy southern homemade biscuits, cathead biscuits, and my homemade blueberry biscuits, and of course my no-rise cinnamon rolls.

For a shortcut biscuit recipe, try my Bisquick biscuit recipe or my 7Up biscuit recipe!

Tips and Tricks for Making Fluffy Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits

When you’re making homemade biscuits, it’s important to use cold butter and cold buttermilk.

This allows the dough to be cold when it goes into the oven, which helps the outside crisp up a bit and helps the biscuit not go flat.

A lot of recipes call for cold butter cut into cubes, which you then work with a pastry blender or food processor in order to cut the butter into the flour. For years, this is how I made biscuits.

I recently discovered a simple hack that makes this process so much easier, and that is grating the cold butter! I simply take the stick of butter and shred it with my box grater, just as I would shred a block of cheese.

This creates smaller pieces of butter that are easier to work into the flour without overworking the dough.

It’s important to mix the dough as little as possible, because overworking the dough can result in tough biscuits. So when you add the liquid to the dry ingredients, you want to only mix until it’s evenly moistened.

How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits

It’s really easy to make these sweet drop biscuits! You start by mixing together the dry ingredients.

Then, grate the butter and add it to the flour mixture, using a pastry blender or two forks to cut in the butter until the particles are pea-sized.

Next, you’ll add in some buttermilk and gently stir to form a sticky dough.

Then scoop the dough out onto a cookie sheet, brush with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Pop them into a preheated oven to bake.

When they come out, let them cool just slightly and then drizzle them with a glaze while they’re still warm. Yum!

These are the perfect treat to serve warm with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

Such a great way to start your day on a sweeter note!

Don’t forget to save this recipe to your easy breakfasts board on Pinterest!