Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits
These copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits bring you all the cheesy, garlicky goodness of Red Lobster’s classic, soft biscuits home. They’re easy to make, full of flavor, and even better than the original!
When we go to Red Lobster, we’re almost more excited about the biscuits than anything else. They’re always so soft and tender, and they pop with cheese and garlic. Our version is just as delicious, ready in minutes, and so easy.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Simple Ingredients: You can find everything you need for this recipe in your kitchen or local grocery store.
- Quick and Easy: This recipe is super easy to make and ready in just 30 minutes.
- Classic Flavor: These biscuits explode with cheese and garlic flavors, just like the originals.
- Versatile: Serve these biscuits for breakfast or with any of your favorite lunches and dinners.
🛒Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Flour
- Sugar
- Baking powder
- Garlic powder
- Kosher salt
- Cayenne pepper
- Buttermilk
- Butter – melted, divided
- Sharp cheddar cheese
- Garlic powder
- Parsley – for garnish
🔪 How to Make Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Combine the dry ingredients, then mix in the cheddar cheese.
- Add the buttermilk and butter and mix until combined.
- Divide the dough into 6 or 8 balls and flatten them slightly into a biscuit shape.
- Bake on a prepared baking sheet at 400 degrees until golden brown. Brush tops with garlic butter.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowl
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
🥫 Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days. For longer storage, wrap the biscuits in plastic wrap and freeze them for up 2 months in an airtight, freezer-safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag with as much air removed as possible.
Bring to room temperature and microwave for about 20 seconds. Serve warm.
Serve With
These copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits are perfect with almost any main course. Of course, you can keep the copycat theme going with our Red Lobster shrimp scampi.
They would also be delicious with our hearty slow cooker beef mushroom soup or French onion chicken.
💭 Tips
- Shred your own cheese if possible. Pre-shredded cheese has added ingredients to prevent clumping that make it unsuitable for even melting.
- Mix your wet and dry ingredients until just combined. Overmixing can make your biscuits tough.
- If you don’t have buttermilk, add one tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a liquid measuring cup and then fill to the 1 cup line with milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes, and you have buttermilk.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, you can. Adding cayenne to the biscuits gives them a nice little pop, but it’s not required.
Dry biscuits are usually the result of using too much flour. Rather than scooping your flour directly out with the measuring cup, loosely spoon it into the cup and then level it off with a knife. This prevents compacting.
You can serve these biscuits with almost anything. Any hearty chicken, beef, or pork recipe works, and of course, seafood is always a great pairing.
🍽 More Recipes
If you’re a fan of bringing your favorite restaurant flavors home, then check out our other copycat recipes like Starbucks cheese Danish, Levain chocolate chip cookies, and Honey Baked ham.
🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Equipment
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- large mixing bolw
- Wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 ½ cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, garlic powder, salt and cayenne pepper.
- Add the shredded cheese in.
- To the mixture add the buttermilk and ½ cup melted butter.
- Use a wooden spoon to make sure all the ingredients are combined.
- Divide the dough into 6 or 8 equal pieces depending on how big you want them.
- Roll the dough into equal balls and flatten slightly into a biscuit shape.
- Place on prepared baking tray.
- Place into oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
- Mix together the 2 tablespoons melted butter and ½ teaspoon garlic powder.
- Brush the biscuits with the melted butter mixture.
- Top with some chopped parsley.
- Serve!
Notes
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
