How does a Southerner make a buttermilk biscuit even better – has adds pimento cheese to it, of course. Y’all, seriously. These biscuits are crazy delicious and super easy.
I know a lot of people are intimidated by making homemade biscuits, but it really can be super simple. It just takes the right recipes, some decent, tools, and a little confidence. Here are some of my favorite tips for perfect biscuits:
- Don’t overwork the dough. Get it all blended in well, but don’t over mix it. You’re going to knead it some and that will help getting everything together.
- Folding the dough over on itself creates layers. In my recipe, I call for you to fold the dough over on itself 3 or 4 times. This helps to create the flaky layers everyone loves.
- Use a biscuit cutter. You need something with a sharp edge that will cut the dough and not just seal the edges together. Avoid using a drinking glass if possible. The thin, sharper edges of a biscuit cutter just work better.
- Don’t twist the biscuit cutter. Twisting the cutter will work to seal the edges of the biscuit and keep it from rising. Use a quick up and down motion without twist the cutter.
- Use the right flour. I know it’s not available everywhere, but where you can find it, definitely use White Lily flour. The soft winter wheat that the folks at White Lily use to make their flour is like no other. It gives biscuits their tender texture and great rise!
If you like biscuits with crunchy edges (like I do), give the biscuits some room and space them out on the baking sheet. If you prefer taller biscuits with tender edges, you can place them on the baking sheet where their edges are just touching.
These biscuit are pretty versatile, too. They are the perfect complement to supper. It’s also great to use a smaller biscuit cutter and serve them as tea-sized biscuits for a party or shower.
I just couldn’t resist showing you the cheesy inside of these babies.
I love these things just about anyway, but especially love them with a little pepper jelly.
Seriously, working with the folks with White Lily has been a true blessing to me. Not only are the folks behind the brand absolutely amazing to work with, but the product itself is something that my family has been using for generations. There’s just nothing quite like the soft winter wheat that while Lily Flour is made with. It’s the secret behind many incredible Southern biscuit recipes. I even tout the product in my cookbook because I love it so much and truly believe it’s the best flour for biscuits. If you’ve never used it, you’ve just got to try it.
Pimento Cheese Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups White Lily® self-rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 (3-ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained well
- 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 475°F. In a large bowl combine the self-rising flour, salt, and sugar. Add the butter, and cut it into the flour using a pastry cutter or large fork. The mixture should be crumbly. Stir in the buttermilk, pimentos, and cheese and mix until everything is just combined.
- Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface. Knead the dough lightly, being sure to fold the dough in half 3 or 4 times. This helps create flaky layers. Gently roll the dough out to about 3/4-inch thick. Use a biscuit cutter to cut the biscuits by pressing the cutter straight down. Do not twist the cutter. Transfer the biscuits to a baking pan. Bake the biscuits for 14 to 16 minutes or until just golden brown.
This post is sponsored by The J.M. Smucker Company. While they compensated me for this post and provided product samples, the opinions herein are my own. Plus, my family has been using White Lily Flour for generations, so I’d be saying good things about it even if they weren’t paying me.
Joanne says
I will definitely try this recipe – sounds wonderful! I’m a Southern gal – born and raised in Alabama – but recently relocated to Missouri. I miss the South so! They do NOT sell White Lily here (SHAME!). But listen Hon – I have it shipped to me from the company! LOVE White Lily and use it most every day!
Blessings to you!
Stacey says
You too, Joanne!
Teresa says
Your biscuits look delicious! But I like my method better than any others I have tried: I make homemade pimiento cheese, mix up a batch of biscuits, then I add the pimiento cheese to the biscuit dough in small blobs (that’s a technical cooking term….blobs…) and just barely stir in the pimiento cheese into the biscuit dough. Then I pat out the dough on a floured surface, cut out the biscuits, and bake them as usual. Try a batch using your own favorite pimiento cheese – you can thank me later. ;o)
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Stacey! Since relocating to the South my favorite “discoveries” have been pimento cheese, White Lily flour, sorghum and Duke’s mayonnaise! I can see myself eating these with sorghum and possibly some country ham! Sounds like breakfast to me!
Stacey says
All great things in my book!! 🙂
Betty Albert says
Oh no!! Another great biscuit recipe I HAVE TO try!! Sunday Supper for sure! I bet they’d be great with ham or Canadian bacon!
Stacey says
LOL!! Sounds great to me!
Mary @chattavore says
I love making pimento cheese biscuits, though I make mine with leftover pimento cheese. I just work it in with the butter! You should add a StumbleUpon button, by the way. It would make sharing much easier!
Stacey says
Sounds great, Mary!!
Amber @ Slim Pickin's Kitchen says
Oh.me.geeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Stacey, these looks INSANE!!! I will be making these this weekend.
Stacey says
They sure are good! Thanks, Amber!!
Melissa @ Served Up With Love says
I just love pimento cheese and adding that into this biscuit is just brilliant! Being a frugal shopper I used to buy store bought flour. Now I know the difference and buy only White Lily. I have made your old fashioned biscuits so many times from your cookbook that I can almost make them without looking at the recipe. Now the family will only eat those. Can’t wait to make these and see what they think.
I must confess I do not own a biscuit cutter and always used a cup just like I saw my Mom do so many times. Didn’t think it mattered, now I need to get me some cutters. Thank you for making me see the light.
Stacey says
LOL! It really does make a difference. So glad you guys have gotten some good use out that recipe, Melissa! My Mom always used a glass too, but I promise it makes a difference. 🙂
Laura says
I was looking at some jalapeno pimiento cheese in my fridge the other day, wondering if it could be added to biscuit dough. Question answered!
Stacey says
Hope they turn out great for you!