Homemade Cheddar Bay Biscuits

These cheese garlic biscuits are easy to whip up. I made them for an "American" dinner party and paired it with a prime rib a few months ago.

A few tips:

• Use whatever cheese you have on hand. I used a Mexican four cheese package. 
• Do not overmix the batter, or else the biscuits will turn out hard and dense. Unless you want hockey pucks on your dinner table, mix until the dough just comes together! 
• I chose to bake my biscuits in a muffin tin, but you can just drop spoonfuls of batter on a baking sheet. 
• You can play around with the baking temperature to find your ideal baking temp at which your biscuits with be golden brown and the cheese nicely melted. 

Cheddar Bay Biscuits (modified from allrecipes.com)

makes 12 biscuits

1 3/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

5 tablespoons butter

1 cup milk

1 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 clove garlic, finely minced

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare pans by greasing muffin tins.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, garlic powder, and baking powder. Cut in butter with pastry cutter or 2 forks until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Add in milk and cheddar cheese, stir until just combined. Do not overmix! Divide batter into 12 muffin tins. 
3. Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, until tops are lightly browned. Combine melted butter and minced, then brush garlic butter over hot biscuits.