Easy Cheddar Drop Biscuits

This easy cheddar drop biscuits are soft, buttery, fluffy and irresistibly delicious! You’re only 20 minutes away from these buttery, cheesiest biscuits. Just mix ingredients, drop a spoonful  of dough on tray and bake! Best biscuits EVER!

You Need To Try This Easy To Drop Biscuits

1. It’s buttery, cheesy and packed with amazing flavors! Not bland at all!
2. You’ll need basic pantry ingredients most of it already in your pantry.
3. They are so easy to make, they practically make themselves. Well, not really, but so little work you’ll be amazed!
4. Making it at home allows you to add in spices, herbs and cheese of your choice. You got total control.
5. Sharp cheddar adds rich flavor to biscuits, I bet you won’t stop at one. Take my word and make a big batch, this thing flies very fast. You can load it up with a mix of sharp cheddar and Colby Jack if you like.
6. They are savory, cheesy, buttery and very comforting on any day. Especially on winter evenings, fresh and warm biscuits with gravy, you’re dinner is sorted.
7. A great addition to your Holiday dinner table.
8. One last word. IRRESITIBLE!

Ingredients For Drop Biscuits Recipe

Here’s what you’ll need-

2 cups all purpose flour

1 ½ cups sharp cheddar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt (adjust quantity according to taste)

1 ½ teaspoon garlic powder

4 tablespoon unsalted cold butter, cubed

⅔ cup whole milk

1 egg

For Brushing

3 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

1 tablespoon chives, chopped (can use green onions)

¾ teaspoon garlic powder

Additions and Substitutions

CHEESE – I love good sharp cheddar. Biscuits are cheesy and rich with sharp cheddar cheese. You can use a mix of sharp cheddar and Colby Jack or a mix of regular cheddar and sharp cheddar or just use sharp cheddar like I did! All are good.

GARLIC – garlic powder-fine or granulated will work.  Instead of garlic powder, fresh minced garlic is great in the biscuits.

HEAT – I haven’t added any spices for heat in the recipe. Jalapenos are my first choice for adding some heat to the biscuits. Cheddar and jalapenos combination is BEST! Feel free to choose dry spices, freshly ground pepper, ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper for some delicious spice.

BACON – Bacon makes everything extra delicious! Add chopped up crispy bacon to the dough before baking.

How To Make Easy Drop Biscuits? (with step-by-step pictorial)

Pre heat oven at 400 degree Farenheit (or 200 degree centigrade) and line a baking tray with parchment paper (or grease it with oil).

STEP ONE: Start by adding all purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt and garlic powder in a bowl.

STEP TWO: Combine it by mixing it together.

STEP THREE: Add chilled and cubed butter to flour mix.

STEP FOUR: Using your fingers or a pastry cutter mix butter into the flour mix.

STEP FIVE: Break butter into flour mix until mixture looks a little crumbly.

STEP SIX: In a cup whisk together whole milk and one large egg until combined together.

STEP SEVEN: Pour the milk-egg mix into the flour mix.

STEP EIGHT: Add grated sharp cheddar cheese.

STEP NINE: Give it a quick mix using rubber spatula. DO NOT OVER MIX. If there are dry flour, add a teaspoon or more milk to blend dry ingredient fluffy.

STEP TEN: STOP mixing dough as soon as dough comes together. Over mixing will cause biscuits to be tough and flat.

STEP ELEVEN: Wet with water a large spoon or cookie scoop, scoop out dough and drop it on baking tray lined with parchment paper or well-greased with oil. Drop biscuits with 2 inch space between each other.

STEP TWELVE: Bake in pre-heated oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit for about 8 to 10 minutes.

STEP THIRTNEEN: While biscuits bake in the oven in a small bowl add melted butter, garlic powder, fresh parsley and chives.

STEP FOURTEEN: Mix it all together. This will be used for brushing over biscuits.

STEP FIFTEEN: Once biscuits come out of oven, immediately brush it with butter herb mix generously all over.

STEP SIXTEEN: Bake it for 5 more minutes.

STEP SEVENTEEN: Fresh warm homemade cheddar drop biscuits are ready to be devoured.

STEP EIGHTEEN: If there are leftover butter herb mix, give your biscuits a second brush just before serving. Your biscuits will turn rich, buttery and cheesy delicious!

What Are Drop Biscuits?

Drop biscuits are easy version of the classic butter biscuits, except there’s no rolling or cutting involved. These drop biscuits are incredibly easy to make in just three simple steps – mix ingredients, drop it on baking tray and bake.  Drop biscuits are fuss free and less mess.

Drop Biscuits Vs Traditional Butter Biscuits

Traditional biscuits are much more fluffy and flakier in texture. It involves rolling the dough and cutting it using cookie cutter.

Drop biscuits on other are much easier to make. It’s called “drop” biscuits as dough is simply dropped onto the pan using spoon or scoop and baked. No rolling or cutting.

How To Store Homemade Drop Biscuits?

COUNTER: These cheesy cheddar drop biscuits will stay fresh on the counter for upto three days in air tight containers.

FREEZER: To store longer, pack it in zip lock bags and freeze it. It’ll stay for upto 3 months.

Top Tips To Make The Best Homemade Cheddar Drop Biscuits

1. I prefer to use parchment paper over greasing baking sheet with oil or butter. Biscuits tend to brown faster at the bottom and will stick to the baking sheet. If you are using baking sheet that is thin, it will over heat and stick at the bottom.
2. Ensure butter is chilled and cut into smaller cubes. Smaller cubes = easier to break it up in the flour. I prefer to use fingers to break butter instead of pastry cutter. For those who don’t enjoy cutting/pinching butter into the flour, here’s a great tip for you. Grate chilled butter, add it to flour and mix. Grated butter also means more evenly spread butter in the dough!
3. Use whole milk. It’s best! Fat in the milk will help make biscuits flakier and tender.
4. DO NOT OVER MIX! Seriously! STOP MIXING as soon as dough comes together. Even if there is dry flour and batter has lumps, do not mix. Rather add a teaspoon or more whole milk to blend dry ingredients to the dough.
5. If you have self-rising flour, use it! Use self-rising flour instead of flour+baking powder+salt mix.  It simplifies the process and number of ingredients that you need to pull out.
6. Generously brush melted butter-herb mix on the biscuits. This will make biscuits tender and rich in taste.  If any butter-herb mix is leftover, brush it again on top of the biscuits after baking is done before servings. More butter = richer tasting and better tasting biscuits.

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK THESE OTHER FAVORITE DISHES USING CHEDDAR CHEESE:

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