Cheddar and Chive Drop Biscuits
Cheddar and Chive Drop Biscuits require just a handful of ingredients and no biscuit cutter is needed! Soft, fluffy, cheesy biscuits.
EASY, FLAVORFUL DROP BISCUITS
Drop biscuits are one of the simplest forms of biscuits to make. You don’t have to roll out dough or even use a biscuit cutter. You just whip it up and scoop it out. And the White Lily Flour really does all the work. White Lily is made with a soft winter wheat and that is the key to its uniqueness. If you can find it near you – buy it!
TIPS FOR MAKING DROP BISCUITS:
- The main tip when working with baking powder or baking soda is to make sure it is fresh. Take a look at the expiration date on your containers. If it’s been opened for more than 6 months, it may no longer be fresh as well.
- When measuring flour – don’t pack it into the measuring cup. Dip the measuring cup into the flour and shake. Then, with the flat end of a knife, scoop off excess. This will help ensure that you aren’t packing in too much flour.
- The fat in the buttermilk is what ensures these biscuits are not dry. Try to find and use REAL buttermilk in this recipe.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- White Lily® All Purpose Wheat Flour (or regular all-purpose flour) baking powder
- salt
- cold butter
- extra sharp cheddar cheese
- fresh chives
- real buttermilk
HOW TO MAKE CHEDDAR DROP BISCUITS:
Heat oven to 450f degrees. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray or cover with parchment paper. Cut up your cold butter into cubes.
Using a fork, stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl until blended. Cut in butter with a pastry blender, fork or your fingers.
I prefer to use my fingers. Just squish the butter and flour together until you have small pellets of butter incorporated into the flour.
Don’t mess with it too much because you don’t want the butter melted from the warmth of your fingers.
Stir in cheese and chives.
The easiest way to chop chives is to use scissors (clean scissors!) Gets it done fast!
Stir in buttermilk until dough comes together.
Add 2-3 tablespoons additional buttermilk if dough seems too dry.
Drop dough by scant 1/4 cup onto baking sheet. I like to use these spring loaded scoopers.
They just make the job go so much quicker and it helps you to measure the same amount every time. One of my favorite kitchen utensils!
Keep going with the rest of the biscuits. This batter will make about 15 biscuits.
Bake 10-13 minutes or until golden brown.
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Cheddar and Chive Drop Biscuits (+Video)
Ingredients
- 2 cups White Lily® All Purpose Flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold butter, cut into small cubes
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh chives
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450F degrees. Spray a baking sheet with no-stick cooking spray or cover with parchment paper.
- Using a fork, stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl until blended.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender, fork or your fingers.
- Stir in cheese and chives.
- Stir in buttermilk until dough comes together. Add 2-3 tablespoons additional buttermilk if dough seems too dry.
- Drop dough by scant 1/4 cup onto baking sheet. Keep going with the rest of the biscuits.
- Bake 10-13 minutes or until golden brown.
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Nutrition
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Meat, cheese, eggs, or fig preserves, or plain with butter. Yeah, it's all good.
I like mine hot, right out of the oven smothered with lots of butter and honey
Hot from the oven with butter & honey! YUM!!
Mix butter and syrup together then sop with the biscuit… yum
I like mine plain or with honey!
I just love a good biscuit with butter and honey but sometimes I want to be different and eat them with fig preserves! Yum!
Right out of the oven with butter and Golden Eagle syrup!
Fresh from the oven with lots of butter (and maybe a little honey or homemade preserves).
My favorite is with butter and fresh apple butter.
Real butter slathered on it!!
Well of course butter on my biscuit. Great giveaway. I LOVE Martha White and White Lily and can't wait to try out their new flours. These look and sound super good.
I love a warm biscuit with butter & strawberry jam.
I am definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks for the chance to win White Lily products
It depends on my mood. Butter and honey, over easy egg and cheese or dipped in soup! (I could go for one of each right now!)
Butter or jelly in the morning.
I like my biscuit with jam and butter.
It's biscuits and gravy for me! barlarbear@aol.com
With a piece of salty ham in the middle!
I love to eat my biscuits with butter and syrup! Sometimes just plain with a cup of coffee. My grandmother's biscuits were so good that is usually how I ate them, plain with a cup of coffee!
Butter and Honey
I always use White Lily for my biscuits. That is just how mom taught me. I just love a warm biscuit with butter right out of the oven. But my granny always use to take one and put a pat of butter and a spoonful of brown sugar inside. Then she would put it back in the oven to say warm during supper. Then we would have that sweet buttery treat after our meal. Biscuits always bring back memories for me of family and home.
Smothered in gravy!
I love mine with lots of butter, sausage and gravy!
I like mine with sausage/milk gravy…yumm
I love em hot out of the oven with a little butter and honey!!