Harlem Biscuit Company Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 1/8 cups butter (250 grams), frozen and shredded
- 6 cups flour (750 grams)
- 3 3/4 tablespoons baking powder (30 grams)
- 3/4 tablespoon kosher salt (12 grams)
- 5 1/2 cups cheddar cheese (453 grams), shredded
- 3/4 teaspoon dried chives (2 grams)
- 4 1/2 tablespoons honey (90 grams)
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk (45 grams)
Directions
- Place flour, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Mix dry ingredients well. Add shredded butter and mix. Mix in shredded cheddar cheese and chives.
- In a separate bowl, mix buttermilk and honey.
- Make a “well” in the flour and slowly pour in buttermilk and honey mixture. Use an electric mixer with a dough hook or mix with hands until dough comes together in a ball. Place the dough ball onto a floured surface.
- Roll out dough to a half-inch thickness, then fold the dough into a tri-fold. Repeat rolling and folding dough into tri-folds two more times. Roll dough to a 1/4-inch thickness and cut out biscuits into 3-inch squares.
- Place biscuits onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes until biscuits are golden on top.
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Let us know how it was!About the Recipe
Looking for a biscuit recipe that is good enough to beat Bobby Flay? Well, you’re in luck as Chef Melvin “Boots” Johnson is exclusively sharing his recipe with Cuisine Noir that did just that. Flaky, flavorful and fantastic with anything served with it, this recipe inspired by his grandmother will put you in the family winning circle for sure. Add his country gravy and you’ll forever be the biscuit king or queen.
Bring it all together and try the full recipe: Country Sausage Gravy and Seasoning Kit.
Let Chef Melvin walk you through the recipe step by step in “Revealing the Secrets to Winning Biscuits and Gravy.”
Original recipe ingredients converted from grams and may not be as accurate. Use baking scale with grams for exact accuracy.
Meet the Recipe Creator
Chef Melvin “Boots” Johnson is the renowned culinary talent behind the NYC dining hotspot Harlem Biscuit Company. He’s also competed (and won) on several TV cooking shows—including “Beat Bobby Flay” where bested his former boss using his grandmother’s biscuits and gravy recipe.
Read more about this culinary journey on and off the big screen in our article “Melvin “Boots” Johnson Shows How Winning as a Chef on TV is Also a Win For the Industry.”
