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Breakfast/Brunch
Cheddar-Chive Biscuits
These biscuits have a deeply golden and audibly crackly exterior that is reminiscent of biting into
a salty, buttery cheese wafer that dissolves in your mouth. Onion-y chives cut the richness of the
Cheddar, making these utterly addictive.
Yield: 8 biscuits
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces good quality Cheddar cheese,
preferably extra sharp
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for
shaping the biscuits
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1½ teaspoons granulated sugar
2½ teaspoons baking powder
1¾ teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) very cold
unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes,
divided
6 tablespoons (about ½ ounce) roughly
chopped chives
¾ cup whole buttermilk, well shaken
Flake sea salt, for finishing (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Insert the fine shredding disc into the work bowl of the food processor. Shred the Cheddar
on Low. Reserve.
2. Insert the chopping blade into the work bowl of the food processor. Add the flour, cornmeal, sugar,
baking powder, salt, and pepper and process on Low for 10 seconds to sift. Add 10 tablespoons of
the cold, cubed butter and pulse just until the mixture starts to resemble coarse crumbs with pea-size
bits of butter strewn throughout. Add the reserved shredded Cheddar and chives and pulse 4 to 5
times to incorporate. Add the buttermilk and pulse a few times more to form a shaggy dough.
3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. With floured hands, pat the dough into an 8 x
4-inch rectangle. Fold the dough in thirds, as you would a letter: start with a short end and fold a
third of the dough down over the center, then fold the other third up to overlap. Turn the dough a
quarter clockwise and pat into another 8 x 4-inch rectangle. Fold in thirds a second time. (The folding
process builds structure for tall biscuits with lots of flaky layers.) Turn the dough a quarter clockwise
again and pat into a final 8 x 4-inch rectangle, about 1 inch thick. Square the sides as best you can
with your hands or a bench scraper.
4. Use a sharp knife to cut the rectangle into eight 2-inch squares (a 4 x 2 grid). Space out the biscuits
onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and place in the freezer for 30 minutes to chill.
5. While the dough is chilling, set an oven rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 425°F.
Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
6. Brush the tops of the chilled biscuits with melted butter and sprinkle with flake sea salt, if desired.
Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are deeply golden brown, 20 to 22 minutes. Remove from
oven and allow to cool slightly on the baking sheet. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutritional information per biscuit:
Calories 343 (58% from fat) • carb. 27g • pro. 9g • fat 22g • sat. fat 14g • chol. 60mg • sod. 487mg
calc. 946mg • fiber 2g
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