There’s nothing better than warm buttermilk biscuits served with comfort food. Unless, of course, you change it up a bit and add a little sugar, tart apple and sharp cheddar cheese. You may not think of a buttermilk biscuit as being sweet, but let me tell you, this is one amazing biscuit! Adding apples and cheese brings a new twist to traditional buttermilk biscuits and is a very tasty combination. The apple juice concentrate gives them an extra punch of apple flavor. The yummy sweet glaze really is the “icing on the cake” in this recipe! Enjoy these biscuits anytime of day…breakfast, lunch, dinner and even snack time.
I’m sure you could use any tart apple in these biscuits and they would be just as good when using a Granny Smith. Give them a try…you’ll be glad you did! You may find you’ll be asked to make them over and over.
Any leftovers (if they’re not all gobbled up when warm) can be briefly heated in the microwave.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup finely chopped peeled Granny Smith apple (1 large apple)
- 3/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 6 to 7 teaspoons frozen (thawed) apple juice concentrate
Biscuits:
Glaze:
Directions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly spray large cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda; blend well with wire whisk. Cut butter into pieces and add to flour mixture; cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk just until flour is moistened. Gently stir in chopped apple and cheese.
- To form each biscuit, use a 1/4 cup spring-handled scoop to drop dough 1 inch apart onto sprayed cookie sheet.
- Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove to wire rack.
- In small bowl, blend powdered sugar and enough apple juice concentrate for desired drizzling consistency until smooth. Drizzle glaze over warm biscuits. Cool 5 to10 minutes. Serve warm.
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Very interesting with the cheddar. Looks good!
These biscuits looks so amazing! I love the cheddar and apple flavor combination! Add the warm biscuit and these look over the top!
Yum! These look scrumptious!
WELL, YUMMMM-MEEEE…these sound delightful. Will make them soon.
Thanks for the amazing recipe.
These look amazing!! I know some people like cheese with their apple pie so this isn’t weird. The glaze adds so much to it too! Can’t wait to make it.
Julie, my sweet granny liked cheese on her apple pie so this is my version of cheese and apples together. Let me know what you think after you make them.
These look fabulous! We are going apple picking this weekend and I need to make these with some of the apples we get. Lovely!
You’ll have lots of choices from your apple picking trip. Send me a tweet and let me know what types of apples you bring home. Have fun!
Robin, WOW! Made these this morning and they are SOOOOOOOOOO yummy! I am a big fan of savory so I subbed a little extra cheese on top with a milk wash for some crispiness. Delicious!!!
Jessica, that was quick! So glad you liked them. Thanks for sharing your results.
Just liked you on facebook. These sound delicious and interesting. I would love for you to share at my weekly linky fri-mon
http://bacontimewiththehungryhypo.blogspot.com/2011/09/any-linky-goes-17.html
Come strut your stuff.
Thanks for the invite Mindie. I shared the link.
That sounds like a great combo! I could eat those all up if I had some in front of me right now!
Yum, that looks fantastic! I pinned it so I could try it later! If you have the chance, come by & link this & anything else you have up at Makin’ You Crave Monday over at MrsHappyHomemaker.com!
Thanks Crystal. I just shared the link.
Holy WOW! These sound incredible!
Featuring these on Thursday afternoon at Bacon Time
Hope you will join our linky each week.
Thanks for the feature Mindie.
I would definitely put these on the list of splurge-worthy!
They are worth every calorie!
My husband, M, who has cooked meals for years, has decided to learn to bake. He made these biscuits,in our part of the world called “scones”, as his first try. OMG. They are just so good. He found the recipe easy to follow and although they were a bit flat (I found out after, that he had rolled and cut them)they tasted amazing. The surprise of apple in your mouth,from an unlikely source, made for a memorable experience. Both taste and texture and the contrast with the sharp cheese, added to the pleasure and I totally forgot all the principals of a low-carb and low-fat diet! Sort of like eating an apple-pie scone. lol. Thank you for this recipe which will definitely become part of our family!
M has asked me to say that the cheese flavour was more pronounced the next day.
Barbara, thanks for sharing your story about these biscuits. I’m so glad you enjoyed them. I think I could eat them about any time of day.
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I’ve just made these and plan on taking them to Sunday School brunch in the morning. Should I store them airtight overnight? Should I heat them briefly in the oven before leaving home with them in the morning?
Hi Cheryl. Just getting back with you now…I would have left the glaze off after baking the night before, heated the biscuits in the morning and then added the glaze. I’m sure whatever you did was fine. Hope everyone enjoyed them.