Cheese and Garlic Buttermilk Biscuits

Okay, by show of hands, how many of you have eaten at Red Lobster? Alright, I see, good. Now, by show of hands, how many of you, like me, remind your waitperson everytime that they are supposed to bring you those biscuits? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only spazoid who does that. I will be honest with you, they're most of the reason why I go to Red Lobster. They are SO GOOD. You can't imagine how excited I was to find a copycat recipe of them! I might've looked like this:



These are pretty close to the real thing. The texture is a little heavier and they look a little different, but the taste is all there! FANTASTIC!!! Also these are sooooo healthy....
And I have no objections to anything in the recipe! That's a first, right? However, I put mine on parchment paper, not just a plain, old, ungreased cookie sheet. It just made me feel better that way.

Cheese and Garlic Buttermilk Biscuits

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), cold
2 cups flour
1 Tb sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
about 3/4 cup buttermilk
2 Tb butter, melted
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp parsley flakes

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cut butter into flour mixture using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese then stir in enough buttermilk so dough leaves the sides of the bowl. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead very lightly until dough forms a soft ball, about 10 times. Do not overwork the dough! The less you handle the dough, the more fluffy your biscuits. Roll or pat 1/2 inch thick. Cut with floured 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Mix together melted butter, garlic salt and parsley flakes. Brush the tops of the warm biscuits with the garlic butter and serve hot.

Look at me, being all mis en place.

I don't have a pastry blender and I HATE using a fork to mix pastry dough, so I use my hands. It's free and also easy. Anyways, it'll look like pie dough after you mix in the butter.

I pressed it out flat with my hands like the recipe suggested, and it worked great!

Looks good right? These are SO. GOOD. I cannot emphasize that fact enough.

Recipe Source: The Sisters Cafe