Cheese biscuits are delicious and add something a little different to the menu. They are easy to make and are the perfect go-along for chili or stew.

Cheese Biscuits–Ingredients

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 8 tsp. baking powder
• 8 tbsp. shortening (Tenderflake or vegetable shortening at room temperature)
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese

Cheese Biscuits–Method

1. Combine first 3 ingredients.
2. Cut in shortening with a pastry cutter until mixture is reduced to fine crumbs.
3. Add in milk and cheddar cheese.
4. Stir lightly with a wooden spoon.
5. Place on a floured surface and knead lightly, sprinkling flour over until biscuit dough isn’t sticky.
6. Flatten dough into a rectangle, then fold over and press down.
7. Adjust amounts of shortening, baking powder, and milk to personal preference in this cheese biscuit recipe, depending on your preference for either moist or dryer biscuits
8. Cut out biscuit rounds with a 2-3” biscuit cutter.
9. Place cheese biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 350-degrees, reducing heat as needed so that biscuit centers cook and your biscuit bottoms don’t burn.
10. Double up your baking pans for tender biscuit bottoms.

These giant melt-in-your-mouth cheese biscuits are good at anytime. Split biscuits and spread with butter. Eat while still warm.

* For a special treat, fry bacon until crispy and cut into small pieces. Add chopped bacon to your cheese biscuits.

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