Sausage and Cheddar Drop Biscuits

Sausage and Cheddar Drop Biscuits

SAUSAGE AND CHEDDAR DROP BISCUITS

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 T. baking powder
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1/4 t. baking soda
• 1/4 t. onion powder (or 1/2 an onion diced)
• 1/3 c. cold butter
• 1/2 lb. Jimmy Dean sausage, cooked, crumbled and drained
• 1/2 to 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (we like it cheesy!)
• 1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Cut butter into small chunks and then cut into small pebbles size pieces with a pastry cutter.  Toss cooked and drained sausage with flour, coating the sausage crumbles with flour so they don't stick together.  Stir in cheese. Stir in buttermilk.  Drop biscuits onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, until bottoms are golden.  Makes 12 good sized biscuits. 

 

A note about the onion:  You can omit this all together if you like.  I prefer the real onion, minced and tossed in with the rest of the ingredients.  Some chicks do not like this, but don't mind at all or even notice if I use onion powder.