Flaky, buttery, over loaded with cheese and a spicy kick from jalapeno, these Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuits are nothing like ordinary buttermilk biscuits! They need only 20 minutes in oven!
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The pepper and garlic flavors in these easy buttermilk biscuits will make you reach for seconds. Third and most likely a fourth one too!
Biscuits ingredients:
Few basic pantry ingredients, 10 minutes prep time and you are ready to eat the most flavor packed and flaky biscuits on earth. I am talking mountains of flaky-cheesy layers in each biscuit!
Lets see what you'll need to make these jalapeno biscuits.
- Jalapeno peppers: Obviously! 😉 I noticed finely chopped fresh peppers taste the best in buttermilk biscuit recipe. You may use canned jalapenos if you prefer though.
- Cheddar Cheese: I sometimes add cubed cheddar to my biscuits. Result? The biscuits bake super flaky and there is a prominent taste of cheddar in each bite, yum! For this recipe I've used shredded cheese.
- Very Cold Butter: We want cold fat in the dough to produce flaky biscuits. Never compromise on this step!
- Buttermilk: Also cold. You can also use homemade buttermilk (milk + vinegar).
- Flour: All purpose flour is the best flour to use in homemade biscuits.
- Garlic powder: For more flavor! 😉
How to make Jalapeno Cheddar biscuits recipe:
- We will begin with very cold butter. I'd recommend sticking your cubed butter into freezer for 15 minutes before you begin.
- Then work your flour into butter until pea sized crumbs form. Then add all your spices, leaveners and salt.
- Next comes in buttermilk. Use it cold too. We don't want any warm ingredient in the dough to melt butter before we bake the biscuits.
- Those cold butter chunks help to create super flaky and buttery layers we all adore!
- Toss and fold in some shredded cheddar cheese in the dough.
- Fold your dough in envelop style 5-6 times. This step helps in creating flaky biscuits.
- Cut the biscuits using a biscuit cutter and bake!
Enjoy these flaky biscuits as a side, with some jam or breakfast sliders? Oh! and with your gravy or on their own! You will simply love this flavor.
What does buttermilk do for biscuits?
The acids present in buttermilk react with leavening agents in the biscuits dough and help them bake nice and tall.
Why don't my biscuits rise?
There can be multiple reasons for tough and dense biscuits.
- The butter wasn't cold enough.
- Leaveners were stale.
- Oven wasn't hot enough!
Why are my buttermilk biscuits crumbly?
If you accidentally add more flour in the dough, your biscuits might crumble. To avoid this, fluff your flour first and scoop out then. Eliminate all the guess work and use a weighing scale to measure out flour.
To ensure your biscuits rise well, bake them with their sides touching. This way the biscuits will cling to each other and bake taller
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Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuits
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Cubed Butter (very cold, unsalted)
- 1 ¾ Cups All purpose Flour (plus a little more to fold and cut the dough into biscuits)
- 1 ½ Tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 Tbsp fresh Jalapeno peppers (finely chopped, more or less to taste)
- 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese (Shredded)
- ½ Cup Buttermilk (cold, plus a tbsp more for brushing)
- 6 Jalapeno slices (to top, optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 deg F. Line a dark baking tray with parchment paper. Alternatively, you can butter a cast iron skillet. Set it aside.
- Place flour in a mixing bowl. Add cold and cubed butter to the bowl. Cut and mix butter into flour using a pastry cutter/fork. Combine till coarse crumbs form.
- Add salt, baking powder, sugar, garlic, chopped jalapenos and ½ cup of cold buttermilk. Mix them in with light hands using a spatula/folding spoon.
- Now add cheese and mix it in too. Do not over work the dough. It will appear very crumbly at this point!
- Turn the dough out on a floured surface and form a rectangle out of the dough.
- Now fold and flatten your dough a few times. Then using your hands/rolling pin form a rectangle about ½-3/4 inch thick.
- Cut into biscuits using a glass/biscuit cutter about 2-3 inches in diameter. Work with scraps till you have 5-6 biscuits. Place on prepared tray/cast iron, top each biscuit with a sliced jalapeno. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze 10-15 minutes.
- Then brush with remaining buttermilk. Bake for 20-23 minutes or until they appear golden brown on top. Take the cheddar cheese biscuits out from oven and brush with melted butter generously. Enjoy warm!
Notes
- Always use cold fat and buttermilk in the recipe for tall and flaky biscuits.
- Don't be tempted to over work the dough, it is meant to look crumbly at first.
- Don't twist your cutter while cutting the biscuits. This might seal the edges of biscuits preventing them from rising!
Nutrition
How much buttermilk you need? 1/2 a cup used in the biscuits but later on it says to brush them with buttermilk again.
Hi, just a tbsp more or so to brush them after adding 1/2 cup buttermilk in the dough. Happy Baking!
Sooooo good!!!!!
What a delicious and quite easy recipe. I bet my family would enjoy this very much. Plus, they are perfect for Holiday and Thanksgiving table. I will definitely give them a try. Thanks for the recipe!
Envelope style? How cool! I didn't even know that was a thing. Love the tips here! And all those cheddar and jalapeno specks make these biscuits look especially awesome.
These sound really easy to make and look delicious! I love making biscuits, so will definitely be giving these a try. Thank you!
Now, look at that pure deliciousness, the two of my favorite ingredients - cheddar and jalapeño in this yummy biscuit. I landed here couple of days ago seeing this on Pinterest and couldn't resist trying it. It turned out so flaky and delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. 🙂
In the ingredients list, it says 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder and then next to it, in the parentheses, it says “yes, a full tablespoon.” So, before I started, I wanted to verify, is it a tablespoon or one and a half teaspoons of baking powder.
So sorry about the mix up Stephanie! It is 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder. Fixed it now!
These turned out so delicious! Perfect combination of flavours, I loved a bit of heat from jalapenos too! Very tasty, savoury treat, definitely recommending this recipe to my friends and family!
Recipe lists 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder, but parenthesis states 1 tablespoon. Is it tablespoon or teaspoon?
It is 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder. Sorry, it is now fixed. Thanks for pointing it out. Happy Baking!
I can't get enough of these biscuits! I'm pregnant and all I crave is biscuits and this recipe his the spot! Love the jalapeños and cheddar, so delicious!
I have added garlic and cheese to biscuits for years. Why did it never occur to me to add jalapenos? These are amazing and a huge hit with my hubby who loves heat. Love your tip for folding the dough over to make the biscuits lighter.
I love every bit of the combination. Cheese is my all time favorite too. This is so yum.
My jalapeno loving husband LOVED these. Such a great way to switch up the regular biscuits! He's asking for more already!
Could I possibly use pickled jalapeños in this recipe if I patted dry before using?
Of course you can! Happy Baking.
The recipe says 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder... and then it says "yes, a full tablespoon." These are not equal measurements - could you please clarify?
That error has been fixed Emily. You will need 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder to make these biscuits.
I love that you are using buttermilk for these biscuits. These are really delicious and the texture were perfect!
These biscuits are so good. My husband loves all things spicy. He especially liked these flakey biscuits with a kick.
These were a nice change from plain biscuits and they were great with our homemade chili. Thanks for the recipe!
These look so flaky and delicious. My family are going to eat these up!
OOOhhh loved the little bit of heat to these, were a hit.