Having homemade biscuits with your dinner doesn’t have to meal a whole afternoon in the kitchen. These Easy Cheddar Biscuits can be thrown together and baked in as little as 20 minutes. Serve them warm with a little garlic parsley butter on top, and you’ll never go back to store-bought again.
Easy Cheddar Biscuits
These biscuits are as at home with weeknight chili as they are with Thanksgiving dinner. It’s always a good time for cheesy biscuits.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 stick cold butter, cubed + 3 tbsp melted butter (for brushing on top)
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 clove garlic, finely minced
- ~1 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp dried parsley
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450ºF.
- In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar. Whisk together.
- Add cold butter and cut into flour mixture until coarse crumbles form. (You can use a food processor, pastry cutter, or forks to do this step.) Add garlic and cheese. Stir.
- Add milk then stir just until batter is moistened and dough forms.
- Melt 3 tbsp butter and stir in garlic powder, salt, and parsley. Set aside.
- Drop dough about 1/4 cup at a time 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Brush generously with melted butter while biscuits are still warm.
- Serve immediately.
Note: For more structured looking biscuits, roll out dough so it’s about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. Use a 2-inch round cookie cutter to stamp out circles. Place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet. Gather remaining dough and repeat making cutting biscuits until you run out of dough.
Also see, How to host a stress free Thanksgiving.
