These easy to make drop biscuits get some extra flavor from pimentos and cheese. Basic biscuit dough dry ingredients have mayonnaise and buttermilk added. Then diced pimentos and shredded cheese are folded in. The dough is dropped onto a baking sheet by the spoonful. After baking, these cheese and sweet pepper biscuits make a great addition to any meal.
Course
Bread
Cuisine
Southern
Keyword
biscuit
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time12minutes
Total Time27minutes
Servings12biscuits
Ingredients
2cupsself-rising flour
½tspfreshly ground black pepper
¼tspcayenne pepper
3tbspmayonnaise
1cupbuttermilk
1 ½cupsshredded sharp cheddar cheese
¼cupdiced pimentosdrained
1tbspsalted buttermelted for brushing
Instructions
Preheat oven to 475 F. Lightly spray a rimmed baking sheet with oil.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, black pepper and cayenne pepper. Stir in the mayo and buttermilk until the dough just comes together. Fold in the cheese and pimentos. Scoop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Brush with melted butter and serve warm.
Recipe Notes
If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make it yourself. For every 1 cup of self-rising flour, you need 1 cup AP flour + 1 tsp baking soda + ½ tsp salt + ¼ tsp baking soda.