These buttermilk drop biscuits are going to be your new favorite carb! They are made with fresh thyme and Jarlsberg cheese and are seriously addictive. Enjoy them on their own or as a delicious breakfast sandwich on a biscuit!
Nothing like breakfast for dinner. Brinner? I hate that term but I love the execution. Since we had a smidgen of breakfast sausage leftover from our event with Crimson Cup, we decided to whip up some drop biscuits and (chicken) sausage gravy. The ultimate comfort food.
Joel has a gravy recipe down pat (check it out here) and I’m usually the one to tackle the biscuits. Today, we switched it up and he decided to be in charge of the biscuits and man oh man were they delicious.
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What are drop biscuits?
They are just as they sound – DROP biscuits. Instead of having to worry about rolling, folding, or cutting your biscuit dough, you just plop ’em on your baking sheet. That is the beauty of drop biscuits. Even a novice baker can whip these up with ease!
How many ingredients for buttermilk drop biscuits?
The beauty of drop biscuits is that they are super easy to make, including using minimal ingredients. Our savory recipe has seven ingredients but two of those are fun additions to make ’em even tastier.
Every basic biscuit recipe will include flour, baking powder, salt, COLD butter, and milk/cream. We added freshly shredded Jarlsberg and freshly chopped thyme. These two delightful ingredients make these biscuits truly addicting.
We used Jarlsberg cheese, which is a holey cheese from Norway that is slightly nutty and melts beautifully. You can absolutely switch up the cheese and herbs you use, perhaps a nice cheddar with some garlic and chives. Any combination works with this easy biscuit recipe!
A few tips for baking.
One of the most important tips when it comes to baking any biscuits is to have cold aka freezing butter. An even better tip: chop your butter and then freeze it in a little dish. You can also just grate a frozen stick of butter straight into the dough!
Once you start mixing up all your ingredients, use your hands. Trust me, your biscuits will thank you. Mixing by hand will help you get those pea sized balls and you definitely won’t over-mix your dough. Also, getting messy in the kitchen makes your food taste better. It’s a proven fact.
This dough will be a bit sticky and tacky, but will smell AMAZING. Just wait until it’s out of the oven – yum.
Be sure to reserve a bit of that Jarlsberg cheese so you can sprinkle a bit on top once you pull these fluffy little biscuits out of the oven.
How to enjoy these biscuits.
Besides just eating them by the handful immediately after they cook? You can serve them with the aforementioned gravy or slice them up and layer on your favorite sandwich toppings.
They make a wonderful vessel for a breakfast sandwich. Slice them open, add a gooey fried egg and a little more cheese, maybe a drizzle of honey. Delicious.
Serve them alongside one of these delightful latte recipes here, here, and here.
Savory Buttermilk Drop Biscuits with Jarlsberg and Thyme
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup 1 stick chilled butter, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme chopped
- 1 cup Jarlsberg cheese shredded
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Dice butter and chill in freezer.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl and mix well.
- Add diced butter and mix with hands until there are pebble sized balls of butter.
- Add shredded cheese and thyme then whisk together until mixed well and evenly distributed.
- Add buttermilk and use a fork to mix until ingredients are combined to a sticky dough. Careful not to overmix.
- Drop 1/4 cup sized balls of dough on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes on top shelf of oven until the edges are brown.
- Pull out of the oven and top with additional shredded cheese or just dig in and enjoy!
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