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goat cheese and chive biscuits

Recipe by
Gina Davis
Cedar Bluff, VA

I LOVE me some Goat Cheese, I put it in Grits, Mashed Taters, Scalloped Taters and even Mac-n-Cheese! So Good! Now I put it in Biscuits! Well we are in the middle or a remodel of my WHOLE house and have to live in it and in the middle of making dinner I FORGOT TO ADD IT TO MY GRITS tonight, I have made sour cream biscuits so i figured heyyyy WHY NOT so into my biscuits it went and it did not disappoint!! Went perfect with braised short ribs, Grits and home canned 1/2 Runner Green Beans! Give them a try you just might be surprised!!

yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For goat cheese and chive biscuits

  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 4 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    onion powder
  • 4 Tbsp
    dried or fresh chives
  • 2 Tbsp
    cold butter
  • 3 Tbsp
    shortening
  • 4 oz
    goat cheese (set out to get to room temp)
  • 1/3 c
    milk
  • extra flour for dusting surface and dough
  • melted butter for brushing tops before and after baking

How To Make goat cheese and chive biscuits

  • 1
    Pre-Heat oven to 425 degrees
  • 2
    Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, onion powder and chives together in a mixing bowl.
  • 3
    Cut shortening into flour mixture, Next cut cold butter into the mixture until it is incorporated and everything looks like rough cornmeal. Make a well in center of flour/shortening mixture
  • 4
    In a small bowl add room temp Goat Cheese and milk and mix together, it doesn't have to be smooth just get the goat cheese broke down some.
  • 5
    Add the goat cheese/milk mix to the well in your flour mix and mix until just incorporated
  • 6
    Dough will be wet and sticky!
  • 7
    Heavy flour a work surface and turn dough out on to it and knead it until it comes together. Fold dough in half and pat down with your hands, repeat the folding 3 more times. Adding more flour to work surface and dough as you go to keep it from sticking,
  • 8
    After folding is finished pat dough down until it is 1 inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter, Place biscuits on parchment paper lined baking sheet or spray with Pam for tall biscuits let edges touch for crispy all around biscuits place biscuits apart.
  • 9
    Lightly brush top of biscuits with melted butter.
  • 10
    Place biscuits in 425 degree pre-heated oven and bake for 15 minutes, turning pan halfway through baking. Remove from oven and brush with melted butter ENJOY
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