Flaky Garlic Cheese Biscuits
Cooking time15 min
Prep time45 min
Portions 9
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain, unflavored oat milk (barista style is best)
- 1/2 cup thick plain coconut yogurt (about 5 oz.)
- 4 cups soft winter wheat flour or all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons organic sugar
- 1/2 cup vegan cheddar style shredded cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped garlic
- 1/2 cup chopped chives,fresh
- 1/2 cup chopped dill,fresh (optional)
- 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, chilled (should be solid)
- 1 cup Country Crock® Plant Butter with Avocado Oil Stick,(two plant butter sticks), chilled and chopped into cubes plus additional melted Plant Butter to brush on top
| Energy (kcal) | 258 kcal |
| Energy (kJ) | 1080 kJ |
| Protein (g) | 6.1 g |
| Carbohydrate incl. fibre (g) | 47.0 g |
| Carbohydrate excl. fibre (g) | 45.3 g |
| Sugar (g) | 3.0 g |
| Fibre (g) | 1.7 g |
| Fat (g) | 4.9 g |
| Saturated fat (g) | 1.2 g |
| Unsaturated fat (g) | 3.3 g |
| Monounsaturated fat (g) | 1.8 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 1.4 g |
| Trans fat (g) | 0.6 g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 mg |
| Sodium (mg) | 665 mg |
| Salt (g) | 1.66 g |
| Vitamin A (IU) | 238 IU |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 3.9 mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 171 mg |
| Iron (mg) | 1.09 mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 92 mg |
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F and place a large baking sheet in the oven.
- In a small bowl, whisk together oat milk and yogurt. Place in fridge to chill. Combine flour, sea salt, baking powder, baking soda and sugar in a food processor. Pulse a few times to fluff up the mixture. Add cheese, garlic, chives and dill, if using. Pulse a few more times to incorporate.
- Roughly chop shortening and Country Crock Plant Butter and add to food processor. Pulse ingredients until pieces of butter and shortening are pea-sized. Do not pulse too much! Transfer mixture to a bowl.
- Create a well in the dough and add chilled oat milk and yogurt mixture. Using a large fork, gently incorporate the dry into the wet. If there are any large chunks, use the fork to break them up.
- Transfer dough to a flour-dusted surface. Press with your hands a couple of times to combine the dough and further incorporate. Pat into a 2-inch thick square.
- Using a sharp and flour-dusted knife, cut dough into 4 pieces. Stack pieces on top of one another, press down to flatten. Pat dough into a 2-inch thick square. Repeat this step. Using the floured-knife, trim a thin border around sides of dough to create clean edges. Cut into 9 biscuits.
- Carefully, remove the heated pan out of the oven and line with parchment paper. Transfer the biscuits to the pan, leaving a few inches of space in between. Brush the tops with melted butter and bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown
Recipe by Timothy Pakron @mississippivegan
You want to use a soft winter wheat flour like White Lily for these as this will result in the best texture. Second best, you could also use all-purpose flour if that's all you have access to. I recommend King Arthur.
These biscuits freeze beautifully! I can't tell you what a treat it is for house guests to pull out a few frozen biscuits to bake off in the morning. They will be not only impressed but very happy. Unless they are gluten-free which means they would already be cranky because they can't eat bread.
