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    Home ยป Recipes ยป Breads (Yeast & Quick Breads)

    Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits

    Updated: Feb 12, 2020 โ€ข Published: Feb 13, 2020 by Sam Merritt โ€ข 172 Comments

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    A super simple recipe for Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits. Ready in under 25 minutes, no mixer, no rolling pin, no biscuit cutters required! These simple drop biscuits make a great quick and easy side dish for any dinner!

    Brushing butter over a freshly baked garlic cheese drop biscuit on a baking sheet

    An Easier Way to Make Biscuits

    Iโ€™ve been on a bread-kick recently. Homemade bagels (coming soon!), soft pretzels, homemade dinner rolls, itโ€™s been carb-central over here for the past few weeks. But while Iโ€™ve been fawning over these yeast-raised recipes and all their sophisticated rising time and whatnot, my current favorite is an easy biscuit recipe.

    As easy as my classic well-loved biscuit recipe is (it has over 900 5-star ratings!), this garlic cheese drop-biscuit version is even easier. No pastry cutter or grater required for the butter, no mixer, no rolling, just a super simple recipe that can be mixed up by hand and ready to accompany your favorite dinner in under 25 minutes. These would be great alongside a bowl of potato soup, chili, or baked ziti. Also great for eating by themselves as a snackโ€ฆ excuse the crumbs on my keyboard please.

    Itโ€™s also incredibly flavorful, between the garlic and the cheese and that gloriously buttery, brushed-on garlic-butter bath. Delectably garlicky like my garlic knots, but no yeast and no waiting for the dough to rise here!

    Freshly grated cheddar cheese: key ingredient for cheddar drop biscuits

    What You Need

    First, gather your ingredients. Nothing too fancy here:

    • Butter. Youโ€™ll melt this. I like to use unsalted and then add salt to the recipe (see my post on salted vs unsalted butter for more info).
    • Flour. Use all-purpose, do not use self-rising or any other type of flour.
    • Sugar. Just a tablespoon of granulated sugar adds a richness of flavor but doesnโ€™t make these drop biscuits actually sweet.
    • Baking powder & baking soda to give these biscuit babies some serious lift and a soft, biscuity texture.
    • Garlic powder. A little goes a long way!
    • Salt.
    • Buttermilk. You may use my easy buttermilk substitute instead.
    • Cheddar cheese. I recommend using sharp cheddar. Make sure to grab the thickly shredded cheddar (or shred your own!!!) and not finely shredded cheese. I mean, finely shredded will work, but the texture is much better with giant pockets of melty cheddar.

    I also list a range for the amount of cheese to use. Originally I made and tested this recipe with ยฝ cup of cheese. When filming the video I accidentally used 1 full cup instead. I was going to re-do the shot and re-make the drop biscuits, but decided to go ahead and bake the ones with 1 cup of cheddar and the results wereโ€ฆ incredible. If you like cheesy biscuits I recommend going with a full cup!

    How to make cheddar drop biscuits, mixing the batter

    How to Make Drop Biscuits

    This is the easy part.

    1. Whisk all of your dry ingredients and sugar together.
    2. In a separate large measuring cup, whisk together your buttermilk and melted, cooled butter (itโ€™s OK if the butter is a little warm and curdles, the biscuits will still turn out!).
    3. Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir in cheese.
    4. Drop the biscuits by heaping spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and cook until golden brown.
    5. Brush with a mixture of melted butter, garlic powder, and dried parsley.

    Thatโ€™s it. Literally takes me less than 10 minutes of prep and then another 10 minutes in the oven for perfect, carb-y, garlicky, cheesy biscuits.

    Pile of cheesy drop biscuits on a white plate

    A Few Tips:

    • Donโ€™t over-mix the batter when combining the wet and dry ingredients. Stir until just-combined. Over-mixing will make the biscuits dense and harder.
    • If you live on the East coast, a sprinkle of old bay is a great addition to make these into cheddar bay drop biscuits! Stir it in with the dry ingredients. A little goes a long way, Iโ€™ll usually only add about ยผ teaspoon.
    • Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits will are best served warm, but they will keep for two days in an airtight container at room temperature.
    • Use an ice cream scoop with a lever to easily scoop and drop rounded biscuits!
    • Tuck any errant shreds of cheese into the biscuits before baking, otherwise theyโ€™ll crisp and maybe even burn on your baking sheet.

    Enjoy!

    More Recipes You Might Like:

    • Honey Wheat Rolls
    • The Best Cornbread

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    Garlic cheese drop biscuits

    Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits

    A super simple recipe for Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits. Ready in under 25 minutes, no mixer, no rolling pin, no biscuit cutters required! These simple drop biscuits make a great quick and easy side dish for any dinner!
    4.98 from 95 votes
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    Course: Bread, Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 biscuits
    Calories: 177kcal
    Author: Sam Merritt

    Ingredients

    • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
    • 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
    • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ยผ teaspoon baking soda
    • ยฝ teaspoon salt
    • ยผ teaspoon garlic powder
    • ยฝ cup (118 ml) buttermilk
    • ยฝ-1 cup (55-110 g) sharp shredded cheddar cheese use a thick shred, not finely shredded

    Topping

    • 2 Tablespoons salted butter or unsalted, just add a dash of salt
    • โ…› teaspoon garlic powder
    • ยผ teaspoon dried parsley

    Recommended Equipment

    • Mixing bowls

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 450F (230C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
    • Melt your butter and set it aside so it can begin to cool.
      4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
    • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and garlic powder.
      1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour, 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ยผ teaspoon baking soda, ยฝ teaspoon salt, ยผ teaspoon garlic powder
    • In a separate bowl (or in a large measuring cup) whisk slightly cooled butter into buttermilk (itโ€™s OK if the butter begins to re-solidify or the mixture looks curdled).
      ยฝ cup (118 ml) buttermilk
    • Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and stir until just-combined.
    • Use a spoon or spatula to gently stir cheese into batter until incorporated.
      ยฝ-1 cup (55-110 g) sharp shredded cheddar cheese
    • Using a pair of spoons, drop batter by heaping spoonfuls (about 3 Tbsp in size) onto prepared baking sheet, spacing at least 2โ€ apart.
    • Transfer to 450F oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
    • Meanwhile, prepare topping by whisking together butter, garlic powder, and dried parsley.
      2 Tablespoons salted butter, โ…› teaspoon garlic powder, ยผ teaspoon dried parsley
    • When biscuits are finished baking, brush generously with butter mixture (use a pastry brush, or if you donโ€™t have one simply spoon some of the butter on top of each biscuit).
    • Serve warm.

    Notes

    These biscuits are best served warm but may be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1drop biscuit | Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 266mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 358IU | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.

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      Comments

      1. Ryan

        February 17, 2025 at 8:32 pm

        5 stars
        I had a recipe I used for these but couldnโ€™t find it. I decided to try this recipe and was not sorry at all for losing my last recipe. These were absolutely delicious! So moist too. I have definitely made sure to save this recipe and cannot wait to make them again.

        Reply
      2. Sandra G

        January 31, 2025 at 7:32 pm

        5 stars
        This recipe is perfect โ€“ and very forgiving. Recommend a small batch for 2 as it is too hard to resist eating them allโ€ฆ

        Reply
        • Jarrod

          May 04, 2025 at 4:16 pm

          5 stars
          Simple, fast, and delicious. Also easily customizable.

          Reply
      3. Regan

        January 28, 2025 at 12:44 pm

        5 stars
        These are absolutely excellent. Perfect every time.

        Reply
      4. Crystal

        November 30, 2024 at 9:01 pm

        5 stars
        Delicious! I had no buttermilk, so I quickly made some with 1/2 cup whole milk and squeezed the juice of 1/4 of a lemon into it, let it sit for a few minutes and it worked really well. The biscuits had a nice tangy flavor.

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