Cheese Biscuits Recipe (2024)

These cheese biscuits are moist, buttery and extra cheesy. They are easy to make with 8 ingredients and even more delicious than your favorite restaurant!

This cheese biscuits recipe is comfort food at it’s finest. Buttery, flaky biscuits are loaded with cheese and baked to moist perfection.

They are drop biscuits, so they’re very easy to make with only 8 ingredients – no biscuit cutter or dough folding required.

Plus, these are even tastier than any restaurant! A perfect side dish for the holidays (like Thanksgiving), a bowl of soup, pot roast, etc!

Cheese Biscuits Ingredients & Substitutions

• All-purpose flour.I suggest all-purpose flour or bread flour. You can replace the flour and baking powder with self-rising flour, if desired.
• Granulated sugar.honey is a good substitute for granulated sugar.
• Salted butter. Unsalted butter is a good substitute. Or you can substitute up to 2 tablespoons of butter with shortening.
• Whole Milk.half and half, heavy cream and buttermilk are all good substitutes for whole milk.
• Full-fat sour cream.full-fat Greek yogurt works as a substitute for sour cream.
• Cheddar cheese. we love sharp cheddar cheese, but you really can use any shredded cheese that you like.

How to Make Cheese Biscuits

Begin this recipe by preheating your oven to 425 degrees F. Then, line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.

Next, in a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.

Then, cut in the cold butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Do this with your hands, a fork, a pastry cutter or by pulsing it in a blender or food processor.

Then, add the milk and sour cream and stir until the mixture forms a ball of dough.

Then, stir in the shredded cheese and chives (if desired).

Next, use a ¼ cup measuring cup to portion out dough and put it on the prepared baking sheets evenly spaced (6 per sheet).

Once the cheesy biscuits are on the baking sheet, use floured hands to smooth the tops, if desired.

Then, bake the cheese biscuits in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until they are set and lightly golden brown on the bottom. I sometimes use a metal spatula to lift them up to check the bottoms.

Serve

Serve the cheese biscuits warm with a slather of butter and your favorite main dishes. Here are some suggestions:

• We love to serve them with soups – like tomato soup, chicken noodle soup or vegetable soup.
• Cheesy biscuits also perfectly compliment chilis! Some of our favorites include easy beef chili, vegetarian chili, slow cooker chicken chili and turkey chili.
• These make a great holiday side dish – especially alongside some of our favorite Thanksgiving Recipes!

Store/Freeze

Store leftover cheese biscuits in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days, in the refrigerator for 5 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

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