Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Copycat Recipe

For about the same time it would take for you to drive to Red Lobster and get seated, you can make a batch of copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits. They’re loaded with Cheddar goodness and topped with buttery garlic and herbs.

That’s right. These biscuits, which taste like Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits, can be ready in half an hour. Not only that, they’re made with basic ingredients that you may already have in your fridge and pantry.

Ingredients

For these savory biscuits, you need the following ingredients:

Biscuits

• 1 ¾ cups self-rising flour
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ cups Cheddar cheese shredded
• ¾ cup milk

Garlic Butter

• 2 tablespoons butter melted
• 1 teaspoons minced garlic
• ½ teaspoon parsley dried

How To Make Cheddar Bay Biscuits

First things first – preheat your oven to 425° Fahrenheit.

Start by placing the self-rising flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Pulse it a couple of times to combine them.

Next, slice the butter into 1 tablespoon chunks and place it on top of the flour mixture in the food processor. Pulse until the butter becomes pea-sized. Be careful not to overprocess it. Those little pieces of butter help make the biscuits tasty.

Now, add Cheddar cheese and milk to the food processor and pulse just until the biscuit mixture is moistened. Turn the biscuit dough out onto a lightly floured surface.

The dough will not look really pretty, but we’re not making these for their looks. Pat them just a bit and then scoop out 1/4 – 1/3 cupfuls of dough. I prefer to handle it like bread dough and pinch off a portion (see picture below). This recipe will make 8 large biscuits or 10 medium-sized biscuits.

Baking Time

Place the biscuits on a baking sheet or baking stone about 2-inches apart and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.

Remove the biscuits from the oven and brush with garlic butter. [To make the garlic butter, melt two tablespoons of butter and mix in 1 teaspoon of minced garlic and ½ teaspoon of dried parsley.]

Simple Substitutions

Don’t have self-rising flour? That’s alright. You can sift together 1 ¾  cups of all-purpose flour with 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

Prefer fresh herbs? Instead of ½ tsp parsley, you can use 1 teaspoon of chopped fresh parsley.

These biscuits are delicious, naturally, served with seafood dishes. They would also be pretty tasty served at breakfast along with a simple omelet or with bacon and eggs.

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Here are some (affiliate) links for items that you might need for this recipe:

• Pastry Brush – I prefer to use a silicone brush. (This is because my mom once had a biscuit from a well-known fast-food chain that brushed their biscuits with a regular pastry brush. We know because my mom bit into one of their biscuits and had a mouthful of bristles!)
• Food Processor – I don’t know that the brand really matters. Ninja is known for making good products. KitchenAid and Hamilton Beach also make good food processors.
• Baking stone – Sassafras makes an excellent baking stone. It was the brand that Pampered Chef sold YEARS ago.
• Minced Garlic: I love this brand. Look for it in the produce aisle at your local grocery store, where it will probably be half the price.

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