Cheese Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups (500 mL) Robin Hood® Best For Cake & Pastry Flour
- 2 1/2 tsp (12 mL) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5 mL) salt
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking soda
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) All Vegetable Shortening
- 1 cup (250 mL) grated cheddar cheese
- 1 cup (250 mL) buttermilk or sour milk
Directions
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 425ºF (220ºC). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2:
Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in mixing bowl.
Step 3:
Cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in cheese.
Step 4:
Add buttermilk all at once to dry ingredients and stir with fork until a soft dough is formed.
Step 5:
Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 8 to 10 times.
Step 6:
Roll or pat to 3/4" (2 cm) thickness. Cut with floured 1 3/4" (4 cm) round cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet close together for soft-sided biscuits or about 1" (2.5 cm) apart for crusty-sided biscuits.
Step 7:
Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden.
Step 8:
Serve warm.