[john] these are the things that are delicious on these biscuits:
[john] it says follow us, mushroom gravy, vegan butter,
[john] etcetera.
[john] thank you.
[lauren] what's even our pickup right now?!
[lauren] oh my god.
[lauren] hey everyone it's lauren.
[john] and john from hot for food.
[john] and today we're making an easy thanksgiving recipe
[john] it's our vegan cheesy chive biscuits.
[lauren] ooh, they look so good.
[lauren] they are good.
[lauren] we've partnered with Silk to bring you this recipe
[lauren] because we love Silk and we use Silk Unsweetened Almond
[lauren] in pretty much everything we make.
[lauren] did you know it has the exact same amount of calcium per serving
[lauren] as dairy milk?
[lauren] and there's no added sugar
[john] and despite the name, there's actually no
[john] cheese, butter, heavy cream, or dairy in this delicious recipe.
[john so let's get started.
[lauren] let's do it.
[lauren] so you need two bowls,
[lauren] to start.
[john] okay. [lauren] you need a pastry blender, ideally
[lauren] but you could use a fork.
[lauren] so why not you do the liquid stuff
[lauren] and i'll do the flour.
[john] sounds good.
[john] in a bowl, we're gonna combine
[john] one cup of Silk Unsweetened Almond.
[john] two teaspoons of tomato paste,
[john] one tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
[john] and lastly,
[john] one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar.
[john] you're just gonna give it a good whisk,
[john] set it aside while you prepare your dry ingredients.
[john] so why tomato paste?
[lauren] well, the tomato paste mixed with the nutritional yeast
[lauren] which is yellow, makes orange
[lauren] so they're gonna be like slightly orange looking
[lauren] like cheddar cheese,
[lauren] and the acidity helps give that sort of tangy, cheese flavour
[lauren] but it's not overwhelming.
[lauren] you could omit the tomato paste,
[lauren] and just leave it as nutritional yeast only,
[lauren] they'll just be more yellow.
[lauren] so for the dry ingredients,
[lauren] you're gonna use two cups of all purpose flour,
[lauren] two teaspoons of baking powder,
[lauren] one teaspoon of baking soda,
[lauren] one teaspoon of garlic powder,
[lauren] one teaspoon of sea salt,
[lauren] three tablespoons of nutritional yeast,
[lauren] which is the ingredient that helps give it that
[lauren] cheese like flavour.
[john] a lot of people ask us where to get nutritional yeast,
[john] but you can pretty much find it
[john] at most grocery stores now.
[lauren] or bulk stores' good. they have it.
[lauren] so you wanna blend all your dry ingredients together with
[lauren] your pastry blender,
[lauren] and i personally think that serving these
[lauren] biscuits at your thanksgiving feast
[lauren] rather than plain old dinner rolls
[lauren] kind of makes it a little extra special.
[john] you should bring them,
[john] and not tell anybody they're vegan
[john] cos they probably won't know and they be like
[john] "oh! these are really good!"
[john] cos they're used to eating like,
[john] just regular old bag dinner rolls
[john] and they're gonna eat these and be
[john] "oh my god! this is so good!"
[lauren] so the most important thing you need to do before
[lauren] you add the liquid to the flour is
[lauren] you need to take five tablespoons of coconut oil
[lauren] that's been chilled,
[lauren] so it's solid,
[lauren] and take each tablespoon
[lauren] and plop it in the flour like this,
[lauren] that's why a pastry blender's really important
[lauren] cos it's gonna blend and cut the cold oil
[lauren] into the flour the right way
[lauren] so that you get those like,
[lauren] perfect, flaky, risen biscuits.
[lauren] this is how you do it.
[john] are they done yet? [lauren] no! they're not even close to done.
[john] is it a - is it a biscuit yet?
[lauren] okay, so it should look like fine crumbs
[lauren] like this
[lauren] and now you're acting fast.
[lauren] so you make a bit of a well in the middle of the flour,
[lauren] pour in the liquid ingredients,
[lauren] and you fold it only a few times
[lauren] until it just comes together.
[john] these wouldn't be cheesy chive biscuits
[john] without chives [lauren] exactly.
[lauren] so snip about three tablespoons of chives,
[lauren] into the batter right now,
[lauren] fully combine it until releases itself from the
[lauren] sides just like that.
[lauren] you're gonna need a quarter cup of extra flour
[lauren] for rolling out the biscuits.
[lauren] so that nothing sticks.
[lauren] then take the dough,
[lauren] and plop it on there.
[lauren] make sure your hands are floured,
[lauren] as it just comes together like this,
[lauren] your cookie cutter's floured,
[lauren] flatten it out with your hands,
[lauren] so it's about that thick.
[lauren] and cut out your biscuits.
[lauren] do as many as you can in the first batch
[lauren] and place them onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
[lauren] so you're gonna flatten it out another time,
[lauren] and maybe one more time to get one or two last biscuits out.
[lauren] try not to handle it too much,
[lauren] so this recipe makes 10-12 biscuits,
[lauren] it kinda depends on if your cookie cutter's two inches,
[lauren] or two and a half inches,
[lauren] mine's two and a half, so i have 10 biscuits
[lauren] um, and if you flatten the dough too much,
[lauren] you wanna keep them pretty puffy
[lauren] so then they can puff up more in the oven.
[lauren] so ten minutes, 450F
[john] these are super easy and super quick,
[john] so make sure you do them at the end of your feast preparation,
[john] pop them in the oven so you can serve them hot
[john] to all of your guests.
[john] are we there yet?
[lauren] yep.
[john] sweet.
[lauren] woah, baby.
[john] those are puffy.
[john] and no dairy ingredients needed.
[john] no heavy cream [lauren] no, but look at how they look like cheese biscuits
[john] it's amazing. look at the colour.
[john] there you have it, our vegan cheesy chive biscuits.
[john] right in time for thanksgiving.
[john] if you have some vegan mushroom gravy,
[john] lying around, i don't know where you'd find a recipe for that,
[lauren] if you wait till the end of this video,
[lauren] we'll have a recipe for our vegan gravy as well as other thanksgiving
[lauren] recipes for you to make this year.
[john] even vegan butter's good on the biscuits.
[john] everything's good on these biscuits.
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[lauren] remember to use Silk products for all your thanksgiving recipes this year
[lauren] because it's the perfect healthy substitute
[lauren] for all your sweet and savoury dishes
[lauren] like mashed potatoes or pumpkin pie,
[lauren] pretty much anything you're cooking up
[lauren] in the kitchen.
[john] let's eat.
[lauren] let's eat this thing!
[lauren] ohh, get in there!
[lauren] woah
[john] this is thanksgiving in a bite.
[lauren] happy thanksgiving!
[john] happy thanksgiving!