Simple recipe for how to bake cheddar cheese and chive biscuits that are buttery, flakey and simple to make in the oven. Similar to scones, these fresh baked and similar to Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay biscuits.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 16 minutesminutes
Total Time: 26 minutesminutes
Servings: 10biscuits
Ingredients
2 1/4cupsflour
1/2tspsalt
1 1/2tspbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
1/2cupcold butter or lard
1cupmilk
1cupgrated cheddar cheese
4tbspfresh chivesminced
2tbspmelted butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Using a pastry blender, cut in the lard/butter, grated cheddar cheese and fresh minced chives, until well incorporated into the dry ingredients and there are small little bits of the butter/lard throughout the flour.
Pour in the milk and using your hands, gently mix together to incorporate the milk into the dry ingredients to make the biscuit batter. Be careful not to overmix the batter.
Pat onto a floured surface to an even thickness of around 3/4-1 inch thick. Using a circle biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits and place on a baking sheet.
Bake in the 400F oven for 16 minutes, or until they just start to brown.
Take out of the oven and immediately brush with the melted butter.