Sausage Cheese Biscuits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour (12 3/4 oz.)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, cut in pats
• 1 cup yogurt, buttermilk (8 oz.) or 1 cup sour cream (8 oz.)
• 2 cups cooked sliced breakfast sausage links (1/2-inch pieces, or smoked little smokie sausages)
• 1 cup diced cheddar cheese (4 oz.)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425°f.
• 2 in a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and.
• 3 add the butter and work into flour until the mixture is crumbly.
• 4 add the sausage and cheese, and mix to distribute.
• 5 stir in the yogurt, buttermilk, or sour cream.
• 6 mix just till everything is evenly moistened.
• 7 transfer the dough to a piece of parchment or a lightly floured work surface.
• 8 pat or roll it into an 8" x 10" rectangle about 3/4" thick.
• 9 cut the dough into twenty 2" squares.
• 10 if you've been working on parchment, simply lift the parchment onto a baking sheet. separate the biscuits so there's about 1" between them.
• 11 if the biscuits aren't on parchment, space them on a lightly greased baking sheet, leaving about 1" between them.
• 12 bake the biscuits for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they're a medium- to deep-golden brown.
• 13 remove from the oven, and cool on a rack briefly. serve warm.
• 14 note: great candidate for freezing. make biscuits, shape, and place on a pan. freeze, then transfer to a plastic ziplock bag to store. when you're ready to bake, remove them from the freezer, thaw and bake as directed above.