Best Cream Cheese And Chive Biscuits Recipes

CREAM CHEESE AND CHIVE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, and chives. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter and cream cheese until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with a few larger clumps remaining.
• Pour in the buttermilk; using a fork, mix in buttermilk until incorporated and the dough just comes together. The dough will be slightly sticky; do not overmix.
• Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. With floured fingers, gently knead about four times, until all the crumbs are incorporated and the dough is smooth. With a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll out the dough to an 11-by-8-inch rectangle, about 1 inch thick. Using a bench scraper or long offset spatula to lift the ends of the dough, fold the rectangle into thirds (like a business letter). Give the dough a quarter turn. Roll out the dough again (to the same dimensions), and repeat the folding process. Wrap with plastic, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Return the dough to the work surface. Roll out as before, and repeat the folding process. Give the dough another quarter turn; roll out the dough one more time, again into a rectangle about 1 inch thick. Using a sharp knife, trim and discard 1/4 inch from all sides; divide the rectangle into 12 equal squares or rectangles. Place on the prepared baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F. Bake, rotating the sheet halfway through, until the biscuits are golden and flecked with brown spots, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack to cool.
• Cream Cheese Biscuit how-to
• On a lightly floured work surface, dough is rolled into an 11-by-8-inch rectangle.
• The top and bottom thirds are folded inward, overlapping at the center.
• The dough is given a quarter turn, then the rolling and folding is repeated twice more.

CREAM CHEESE AND CHIVE BISCUITS RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, soda, sugar, and salt. Stir with a whisk to blend thoroughly. Cut the butter and cream cheese into small pieces and add to the dry mixture. Work in with a pastry blender and/or fingers until the mixture resembles coarse meal. This can also be done in a food processor, but pulse just until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the chives and then add the buttermilk. Stir the dough with a fork just until the dry ingredients moistened, then turn the mixture out onto a floured surface. Knead the 4 or 5 times, or just until the dough holds together and forms a smooth, soft dough. Don't overwork the dough or the biscuits will be tough. Work in a little more flour, if necessary. Pat the dough or roll it into a circle about 3/4 inch thick. Cut round or square shapes out with a biscuit cutter and arrange the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet. Gently bring the scraps together and continue cutting out biscuits. Brush each biscuit top with melted butter. Bake for 12 to 16 minutes, or until the tops are until lightly browned. Makes 12 to 14 standard size 2 1/2-inch biscuits, or about 20 2-inch biscuits. Expert Tips ■ For extra-flaky biscuits, freeze the cream cheese and butter. ■ Combine the fat with the dry ingredients until the crumbs are coarse, or about 1/4-inch in size. The small pieces of butter and cream cheese create the flaky pockets in the biscuits. ■ Substitute 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour in the recipe.