Ham & Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 146kcal
Easy to make Ham and Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits. A perfect recip to use up leftover ham but good enough to get ham just to make!
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 TBS baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt more or less to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper more or less to taste
- 7 individual TBS COLD butter
- ¾ cup shredded cheese cheddar, Pepper jack or blend
- ¾ cup diced ham
- ½ cup scallions sliced thin or chives more or less to taste
- drizzle of honey optional
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper and whisk to blend.
- Cut in cold butter with a pastry cutter or fork intil crumbly (you could also do just this stage in your food processor).
- Add cheese, ham and scallions and toss to combine.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture, add buttermilk and honey if using and gently stir it together with a fork or spatula until combined. Don't over-mix.
- You can then scatter flour on your counter or parchment paper and form dough into a square and cut into biscuits with a biscuit cutter or simply scoop 2-3 TBS (or a cookie scoop) at a time and drop on your baking sheet (lined with parchment paper or lightly greased). Or form into a rectangle and cut into square or rectangle biscuits.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes or until done to your liking. Making traditional sized biscuits will yield about a 10 biscuits.
Nutrition
Serving: 10servings | Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 664mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Calcium: 145mg | Iron: 1mg