Asiago Drop Biscuits

Asiago Drop Biscuits

środa, 19 lutego 2014

Asiago Drop Biscuits

Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, cold
• 2/3 cup asiago cheese, grated
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk

Directions

• 1 In a large bowl, combine flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Stir together well.
• 2 Cut butter or margarine into flour mixture. Stir in grated cheese.
• 3 Pour buttermilk over flour mixture and stir until a rough batter is formed.
• 4 Drop batter in 16 mounds on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated 425 oven for 12 - 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 5 Variation: Cheddar cheese or smoked mozzarella cheese can be used instead of the Asiago.
• 6 Herbed Asiago Biscuits: to the flour mixture, add 21 T chopped fresh herbs (eg: rosemary, thyme or sage) or 1 tsp spices (eg: pepper or crushed cumin, caraway or fennel seed).