Cheddar and Chive Biscuits

By Karen_3925

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 c all purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons of shortening
• 3 tablespoons of cold unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 tablespoons of chives, chopped
• 1 cup of shredded cheddar (I used smoked because I had it)
• 1 1/4 c heavy cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 and put your rack in the center

In a medium sized bowl, mix the flour, salt, cayenne pepper, baking soda until mixed.

Cut in the shortening and butter until you have a nice crumble.



Add the cream and mix with a fork until the batter comes together. Do not over mix the batter. You will get tough, non-flakey biscuits if you do.

You will have a pretty soft and wet batter. Don’t worry, this is a good thing.

Pat out your dough to whatever thickness you would like (they don’t rise all that much, at least mine didn’t) and cut out with a biscuit cutter or cookie cutter.

Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!