Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits
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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!
An Easier Way to Make Biscuits
I’ve been on a bread-kick recently. Homemade bagels (coming soon!), soft pretzels, homemade dinner rolls, it’s been carb-central over here for the past few weeks. But while I’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 snack… excuse the crumbs on my keyboard please.
It’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!
What You Need
First, gather your ingredients. Nothing too fancy here:
- Butter. You’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 doesn’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 1/2 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 were… incredible. If you like cheesy biscuits I recommend going with a full cup!
How to Make Drop Biscuits
This is the easy part.
- Whisk all of your dry ingredients and sugar together.
- In a separate large measuring cup, whisk together your buttermilk and melted, cooled butter (it’s OK if the butter is a little warm and curdles, the biscuits will still turn out!).
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir in cheese.
- Drop the biscuits by heaping spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and cook until golden brown.
- Brush with a mixture of melted butter, garlic powder, and dried parsley.
That’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.
A Few Tips:
- Don’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, I’ll usually only add about 1/4 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 they’ll crisp and maybe even burn on your baking sheet.
Enjoy!
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Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup (118 ml) buttermilk
- ½-1 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
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried parsley
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, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- In a separate bowl (or in a large measuring cup) whisk slightly cooled butter into buttermilk (it’s OK if the butter begins to re-solidify or the mixture looks curdled).½ 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.½-1 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 2” 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, ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon dried parsley
- When biscuits are finished baking, brush generously with butter mixture (use a pastry brush, or if you don’t have one simply spoon some of the butter on top of each biscuit).
- Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I made these yesterday with some potato soup and they were soooo good! Thank you for the easy and yummy recipe. I used different herb because that’s all I had on hand but it worked out. I’m now seeing what else I can make next. Regular biscuits are on my list but you have a bunch of stuff to choose from.. yum!
I am so glad that you enjoyed the soup and the biscuits, Bina! Thank you for trying my recipes. I can’t wait to hear what recipe you choose to try next! 🙂
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Made these yesterday for dinner to go with our spaghetti. They were so Good! My kids loved them and asked if I could make some more. 😋
Love both of your biscuit recipes! 😉
Can’t wait to try your other recipes.
Thank you so much, Bee! I am happy to hear that your family enjoyed them. Thanks for trying my recipe. I can’t wait to hear what recipe you try next! 🙂
Just made these! They were so easy, so fast and everyone was raving! Will for sure make them again!
I am so glad that they were such a hit, Lavinia! Thank you so much for commenting. 🙂
Made these tonight to serve with chicken noodle soup. They were PERFECT 👌 Thanks for sharing the recipe!
That sounds like the perfect pairing, Bekah! I am so glad that you enjoyed them. 🙂
These were so easy and so good. I literally couldn’t stop eating them. I made them bite size so I ended up making about 20 of them and ate about 15 in one sitting. Thank you, Sam!
I am so glad that you enjoyed them, Ashley! 🙂
I absolutely love this recipe. It was so easy and they are delicious. I love to bake so I will be checking out your other recipes.
I am so glad that you enjoyed them, Lisa! Thank you for the 5-star review, I appreciate it! I can’t wait to see what you try next! 🙂
These cheese biscuits were amazing! I’ve made your baking powder biscuits and they are so good I was torn as to whether to make the or try these cheese biscuits. I’m glad I did…now I have two awesome soup sides!
Thanks for posting your recipes.
I am so glad that you enjoyed them, Pam! Thank you so much for commenting. 🙂
I made these for my family and OMG they loved them they devoured the biscuits like they were nothing. thank you sooooo much for this recipe. I can’t wait to try other recipes as well.
Thank you so much, Hannah! I am so happy that the biscuits were a hit. Thanks for trying my recipe and for commenting. I can’t wait to see what recipe you try next. 🙂
Yummy…….So good and so easy..
I am so glad that you enjoyed the drop biscuits, Annie! Thanks for trying my recipe and for commenting. 🙂
HI Sam, can sour cream be substituted for butter milk? We can’t seem to keep butter milk in the fridge, especially once the weather turns hot. We buy it and then when it comes time to bake some biscuits, there is rarely enough.
Thanks, Charles
I have not tried sour cream with this recipe, Charles, so I am not certain how it will do. Regular milk will work or I do have a
buttermilk substitute you can try as well. Keep me posted on how your garlic cheese drop biscuits turn out. 🙂
Hi Sam, Just made your potato soup and doubled the recipe for your garlic cheesy drop muffins and have to tell you, “We all loved them!” Delicious, absolutely delicious! Thank you.
I am so glad that you enjoyed it, Carol! Thanks for trying my recipe and for commenting. 🙂
My family loved these, they were amazing! I had to make another batch because it only made 5 biscuits but it was quick and easy to make. This one is a keeper!
I’m so glad you enjoyed, Lindsay!! Thank you for commenting 🙂
Made the potato soup and Garlic Cheese Biscuits. Both turned out FANTASTIC! So good. I am so glad I found your site. Every recipe I’ve made has been great. I look forward to each new recipe and making all my previous ones, via your recipes! I’m a good cook and I’ve found a better match into. Thanks Sam. Can’t wait for the next recipe!!
I am SO happy to hear this, Kathy!! Thank you for letting me know how they turned out for you and for trying my recipes, I really, really appreciate it 🙂
Just made these last night and they were delicious! Thanks for the great recipe :).
I am so glad that you enjoyed the garlic cheese drop biscuits, Maria! Thanks for trying my recipe and for commenting. 🙂
Just made these and they taste amazing! They probably won’t last the night.
Amazing!
So glad you enjoyed, Miriam! Thank you for commenting, I appreciate it 🙂