Savory Cheddar Chive Biscuits

Submitted by blucoat

"This is a featured recipe from the chefs at Great Cooks on Eight, one of the largest culinary centres in Canada."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 13 biscuits

ingredients

• 236.59 ml baking and pastry flour
• 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
• 14.79 ml baking powder
• 0.25 ml salt
• 177.44 ml unsalted butter, cold and diced
• 2 eggs
• 59.14 ml cream
• 59.14 ml buttermilk
• 118.29 ml fresh chives, finely chopped
• 177.44 ml old cheddar cheese, grated

directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 375°F.
2. MIX dry ingredients in bowl. Crumbling butter into mix. Using your hands, work mixture until it resembles cornmeal. Stir in cheese and chives.
3. WHISK egg, cream and buttermilk. Pour into the flour mixture and combine until the dough forms a ball.
4. LIGHTLY flour a work surface and roll out dough anywhere from 1/2-inch to 1-inch thickness. Using a cutter, cut biscuits from dough.
5. ARRANGE on parchment lined baking tray. Bake in oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Reviews

[bluemoon downunder]

I selected this recipe because it sounded to me – and to my mother – similar to one she used to make years ago, and which we all loved. I don’t know if the cheese I used was “old” or sufficiently “old” and I confess to having used dried chives (sheer expediency dictated this choice), but these biscuits were quick and easy to make, and really delicious! I must have cut my biscuits smaller: I got 16 biscuits from the dough. Next time I make these, I’m going to use 1/2 cheddar and 1/2 parmesan. Thank you for sharing this recipe, blucoat!