CHEESY APPLE BISCUITS
These apple biscuits are so easy to make, and adding cheese is lovely! Great right out of the oven with butter and honey!
If you have never tried cheese and apples together, you need to, it’s a delicious combination. This Cheesy Apple Casserole is one of our favorite side dishes. Everyone who has tried it loves it and it has great reviews.
Table of contents
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love to start our day with biscuits, and if you have followed us for any amount of time, you know that biscuits are one of our favorites. These were a great addition, they are easy to make and a wonderful way to enjoy apples!
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Sugar
- Butter
- Egg
- Buttermilk
- Apples, peeled and grated
- Shredded cheese of your choice (I used cheddar)
SWAPS
You can switch out the cheese or leave it out altogether. You could use milk to make these biscuits but we do like the buttermilk, it has a better fat content for making biscuits.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
These biscuits are easy to make; if you are new to making biscuits, the flour will always vary. All flour is made differently so you may need to add more to reach your desired consistency.
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Cut the butter into the flour until it resembles crumbs.
Step 2
Add egg and buttermilk mixing with a spoon. Fold in grated apples and cheese.
Step 3
Pour dough out onto a floured surface. Pat to about 1/4 to 1/2 inches thick. (I just use my hands and pat the dough out.) Cut with biscuit cutter into rounds.
Step 4
Place on a sprayed baking sheet and bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for about 15 minutes until brown on top.
⭐TIP
When making biscuits, please remember that all flours are different. Flour comes from different regions, and it’s always going to be dependent on how much you use and the way the flour is made. So if a recipe calls for 2 cups, you may need 2.5 or even 3. You must add flour until the dough is the consistency you need to make the biscuits.
RECIPE VARIATIONS
We love biscuits and some of our most popular are:
SERVE THIS WITH
We love these biscuits with butter and honey. The honey is wonderful with the apples and the cheese. These are wonderful with eggs and bacon.
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We are big fans of the delicious red apples, but any kind will work.
Yes, we do, but you don’t have too.
STORING AND REHEATING
We store these in a sealed plastic bag or airtight container. Just reheat in the microwave for a few seconds.
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SERVING SIZE
Makes about 12 biscuits depending on the size you make them.
Cheesy Apple Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine softened
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup apples peeled and grated
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice I used cheddar
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Cut the butter into the flour until resembles crumbs. Add egg, buttermilk mixing with a spoon. Fold in grated apples and cheese.
- Pour dough out onto a floured surface. Pat to about 1/4 to 1/2 inches thick. (I just use my hands and pat the dough out.) Cut with biscuit cutter into rounds.
- Place on sprayed baking sheet and bake in preheated 400 degree oven about 15 minutes until brown on top.
- Makes about 12 to 15 biscuits depending on size of your cutter. (I used a juice glass for these because I wanted smaller biscuits). Serve with your favorite jams, jellies, molasses or honey.
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Just curious about the egg in the recipe. I have never made biscuits with egg. Is this more of a scone?
While its not common there are biscuit recipes with eggs. Just like this one: https://thesouthernladycooks.com/southern-high-rise-biscuits/ we dont think they are like scones.
What can be used in this recipe for a substitute for buttermilk?
If you read the “SWAPS” in the recipe it tells you you can use regular milk.
I enjoy reading your recipes and would love to make some of the biscuits. Unfortunately I can’t eat anything that has dairy in it. I do have my own butter and I use Almond milk but I have not been able to find dairy free buttermilk. So, my question is, do you have any dairy free recipes? Thank you.
Hello,
NO, we dont have any specific “dietary” recipes. We are homecooks that cook southern country food. HOwever, you may want to check out this entry we did on our sister publication, it talks about tips for diary free cooking.
Instead of AP flour can you use self rising flour and leave the baking powder and baking soda out?
I’m sure you could try that.
My grandson loves apple-anything. I would love to make up a batch of these for early morning breakfast. Can they be frozen to have on hand for quick-fixing? Should they be set out to thaw over-night? Should they be frozen before or after baking? Thanks
I have not tried freezing these biscuits Betty, but I see no reason why you couldn’t. You should be able to freeze either way, before or after baking. I would just cook directly from the freezer if you freeze them. That is the way I usually do frozen biscuits.
Thank for sharing hurry to bake
There is only 2 of us so 12 is way to many. My question is if I cut the recipe in half do you think I would get the same results. Thanks. I love all your recipes
That should work ok for you Sandy but I have not tried cutting it in half. Thank you for your comment. I am happy you enjoy the recipes.
I sure like the recipes. I don’t cook all of them. I wished I was able to.
Love these recipes! But I do have a question from anyone who may know, I live in the Denver area, I need to make high altitude adjustments and not sure where to find this info. I made the Sweet Potato Biskits and they were good but did not get light and flaky. I’m sure I needed to make the adjustment. Thanks1
I live in Colorado Springs and did not make any adjustments. They came out great.
wonderful tasty yummy bisquits! just love the cheese with apples!
Yummy!
Cheese and apples are heavenly!
OMG YUM
I made these this morning,they were awesome! Family loved them.
A great twist on biscuits. Love this.