Cheddar Cheese Biscuits
Easy and quick, good with soup, stew or chicken. Tweak the recipe by adding a teaspoon or so of dried herbs, or using a milder, sharper or stronger cheese.- 1 cup flour
- 4 Tbsp salted cold butter
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup grated old cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup ice cold water
Stir together flour and baking powder.
Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives.
Add cheese and 1/2 cup very cold water.
Stir with a wooden spoon to form a dough.
Grease cookie sheet lightly.
Drop mixture by spoonful onto a cookie sheet.
Put a small dab of butter on top of each biscuit before baking.
Bake in preheated 400 degree F oven 8-10 minutes.
Nashville Cheddar and Herb Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 Tbsp unsalted cold butter cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/2 cup grated sharp Cheddar (2 oz)
- 2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
- 3/4 to 1 cup buttermilk
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
- In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- With a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until butter pieces are pea-sized.
- Stir in cheddar cheese and rosemary.
- Add 3/4 cup buttermilk and gently stir just until you get a slightly sticky dough. Add more buttermilk 1 Tbsp at a time if mixture seems too dry.
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll into a 1/2 inch thick round.
- Cut out round biscuits using a 2-inch round cutter or the edge of a glass.
- Gather scraps and roll out again, until you have 12 biscuits cut out.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake until biscuits are fluffy and golden brown, 8-10 minutes.
Cheddar Bread
If you like sweeter bread, add up to 1 Tbsp white granulated sugar to the dry ingredients.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. onion salt
- 1/4 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp. crushed oregano
- 1-1/4 cup Canadian cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 large egg, well beaten
- 1 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a loaf pan.
- Stir all dry ingredients into a bowl.
- Combine egg, milk and butter then add all at once to dry ingredients.
- Stir just until moistened.
- Spread batter into the greased loaf pan.
- Bake in 350 degree F oven 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven, let cool 5 minutes, slice to serve warm.
