Cream Cheese And Chive Biscuits Recipe 465

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, soda, sugar, and salt. Stir with a whisk to blend thoroughly. Cut the butter and cream cheese into small pieces and add to the dry mixture. Work in with a pastry blender and/or fingers until the mixture resembles coarse meal. This can also be done in a food processor, but pulse just until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the chives and then add the buttermilk. Stir the dough with a fork just until the dry ingredients moistened, then turn the mixture out onto a floured surface. Knead the 4 or 5 times, or just until the dough holds together and forms a smooth, soft dough. Don't overwork the dough or the biscuits will be tough. Work in a little more flour, if necessary. Pat the dough or roll it into a circle about 3/4 inch thick. Cut round or square shapes out with a biscuit cutter and arrange the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet. Gently bring the scraps together and continue cutting out biscuits. Brush each biscuit top with melted butter. Bake for 12 to 16 minutes, or until the tops are until lightly browned. Makes 12 to 14 standard size 2 1/2-inch biscuits, or about 20 2-inch biscuits. Expert Tips ■ For extra-flaky biscuits, freeze the cream cheese and butter. ■ Combine the fat with the dry ingredients until the crumbs are coarse, or about 1/4-inch in size. The small pieces of butter and cream cheese create the flaky pockets in the biscuits. ■ Substitute 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour in the recipe.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. With a fork, stir in sour cream, milk and chives until the mixture forms a ball. , On a lightly floured surface, knead five to six times. Roll to 3/4-in. thickness; cut with a 2-in. biscuit cutter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. , Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, whisk the first five ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in cheese and chives. Add buttermilk; stir just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times., Pat or roll dough to 3/4-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the butter and mix on low speed until the butter is the size of peas. With the mixer on low, add the half-and-half and beat until just mixed. Add the chives and mix until just combined.
• Dump the dough out on a well-floured board and knead lightly into a rectangle 3/4-inch thick. Cut out rounds with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter and place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Brush with the egg wash.
• Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, until the tops are browned and the insides are firm. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, sour cream and chives until soft dough forms.
• Place dough on surface sprinkled with Bisquick mix. Shape into a ball; knead 10 times. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into 10 rounds with 2-inch cutter or drinking glass dipped in Bisquick mix. On ungreased cookie sheet, place rounds 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with milk or butter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, pulse flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined. Add cheese, butter, and chives; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Add buttermilk and pulse until combined (do not overmix).
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until it just comes together. With a floured rolling pin, roll out dough 3/4 inch thick. With a floured 2 3/4-inch biscuit cutter, cut out 16 rounds (reroll and cut scraps). Place biscuits, 1 1/2 inches apart, on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.