Holston House’s Pimento Cheese Biscuits

Pimento Cheese Biscuit Recipe (makes 18 biscuits)

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• Pinch cayenne (optional)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 (4-ounce) jar pimentos, drained
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1-1/4 cups butter milk

Directions

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, garlic powder and cayenne in a large bowl.
• Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. We recommend keeping butter very cold and grating with hand grater into flour.
• Add pimentos and cheese to flour mixture and stir in buttermilk with a spoon (you can use more or less buttermilk just until you have a ball of dough you can pick up).
• Place dough out onto a floured surface and cut into biscuits
• Place biscuits on a baking sheet close together and brush tops with either melted butter or buttermilk.
• Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes until brown on top.

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