Flaky Cheese Biscuits
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- In a large bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cream of tartar.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in cheese.
- Make a well in the center of flour mixture.
- Add milk all at once.
- Using a fork, stir just until mixture is moistened.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Knead dough by folding and gently pressing it just until it holds together.
- Pat or lightly roll until 3/4-inch thick.
- Cut with a floured 2 1/2 inch round cutter, dipping cutter into flour between cuts; reroll scraps as necessary.
- Place dough circles 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes or until golden.
- Remove biscuits from baking sheet; serve warm.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
621
kcal
31% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).