Hi there welcome back to another recipe video. If you're new here, hi I'm Baker
Bettie and I'm the baking instructor on this channel and over at BakerBettie.com
Today I want to show you how easy it is to make drop biscuits, they are
only a few ingredients and at the end of the video I'm also going to show you how
you can turn them into garlic cheddar biscuits kind of like those ones that
you get at Red Lobster but way better. Now as a quick note
because I know I'm going to get lots of comments about it these are American
style biscuits which are extremely similar to scones. Ok< let's go! We're
going to start with 2 cups or 240 grams of all-purpose flour in a large mixing
bowl, and to that I'm going to add 1 tablespoon or 14 grams of baking powder,
and 1 TSP or 4 grams of salt, and I'm just whisking all of that together. Now
I'm going to add 1/2 cup which is 1 stick or 112 grams of a really cold
butter that has been cut up into small pieces and I'm using a pastry blender, or
you could also use a fork, to cut the butter throughout the flour mixture. Now
you can use salted butter or unsalted butter here but the key is that you do
want it to be very very cold and if you don't have butter on hand you could also
use cold lard or shortening if you prefer. Now once the butter is cut into
small pieces throughout the flour, you can go ahead and add your milk. I have 1
cup which is 240 milliliters of milk and you can use any kind of milk or
buttermilk that you like, and I'm going to start with all but about 1/4 of it
into the mixing bowl, and I'm stirring all of that together until it is just
absorbed and then you can add a bit more if you need it you might not need the
full cup of milk depending on the day you do want this to be a really really
thick batter once it is all combined and as soon as the milk is absorbed stop
stirring if you stir too much and you will get really tough biscuits
now I'm going to use a 2 ounce scoop to portion out the biscuits onto a
parchment-lined baking sheet you could also just drop them onto the baking
sheet with a large spoon if you don't have a scoop now depending on how big
you make them you should get anywhere from seven to nine biscuits now I'm
going straight into an oven that has been preheated to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
which is 230 degrees Celsius for about 15 to 18 minutes until they are really
golden brown now if you really want to go for it you can brush them with a
little more butter when they come out of the oven they're going to be perfectly
crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy in the middle and they're a
little salty and so incredibly buttery
all right now let's kick these biscuits up a notch and add some cheddar and
garlic so I'm going to start the exact same way with the flour baking powder
and salt right into the mixing bowl all of the same amounts as the base recipe
which is written down in the description box and now I'm adding 1/2 teaspoon of
garlic powder into the dry ingredients and again we're going to whisk all of
that together now again I'm cutting the cold butter
into the flour mixture and then this time I'm going to add about 2 cups for
about 200 grams of shredded sharp cheddar cheese and I held back just a
little bit of that cheese to use on top of the biscuits before baking now toss
the cheese throughout the mixture and then we're going to add our milk until
we have a really thick batter again this time I'm going to bake them in a
cast-iron skillet and the skillet is not preheated but I'm going to go ahead and
butter it and this is a 10-inch skillet and I'm scooping the biscuits with a 2
ounce scoop again into my skillet now again you can bake these on a baking
sheet either way works well now because of the addition of cheese I actually got
about 10 biscuits this time so I did have to bake a few of them on the side
of the skillet now before they go in the oven I top each one of them with a bit
more of that cheddar cheese and I'm gonna go again into the
450 degree oven which is 230 degrees Celsius for about 15 to 18 minutes until
golden brown now this last step is technically optional but it's highly
recommended i melted about two tablespoons of butter and I added a half
teaspoon of garlic powder and about 1/2 teaspoon of parsley and just liberally
brush that on to the hot biscuits these are incredible they are so darn easy to
make everything is done in One Bowl and I know you are going to love them I hope
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