Cheese Biscuit Mashup

Mashup of Allrecipe's Cheese Drop Biscuits and Nick Malgieri's Pecorino and Pepper Biscuits (found in The Modern Baker)

(Edited on Feb 25, 2023!)

Yield ~ 12

2 3/4 c flour
1 Tblsp baking powder
1 tsp garlic salt
dash of garlic powder (optional)
1 stick cold butter, cut into 12 pieces
3/4 c milk
3/4 c (70g) shredded cheddar cheese

preheat oven to 400 degrees

Food Processor instructions:

Put flour, baking powder, garlic salt and garlic powder in food processor, pulse a few times to mix.

Add cold butter pieces, pulse several times to avoid large lumps.

Add milk and cheese, pulse a few times to combine but not form a ball. May need to add a bit of water to get it to come together.

Pastry Cutter instructions:

Mix flour, baking powder, garlic salt, garlic powder and cheese in a large bowl. (Note to self: it does not QUITE fit in the small mixing bowl you use for pie crust.)

Cut the butter up real small, and mix in to the dry mixture

Cut with pastry cutter until the butter pieces are all no bigger than a pea.

Add the milk, stir til it comes together. I had to add at least another 1/4 c water to get it to work.

Bake:

Grease a baking sheet, drop roughly formed biscuits about 1" apart.

Bake 12-15 minutes, until tops start to brown.

Alterations:

works ok with powdered parmesan. it's not a cheezy wonderful as the shredded cheese.