My sister-in-law works crazy hours – she drives an hour each way to Dallas every day, then picks up my niece and nephew, then goes to basketball practice, or ballet, depending on the day, and as you can imagine, doesn’t have lots of time for herself, or cooking, for that matter. But she’s a secret Queen of the Ham & Cheese Biscuit, and can whip up a batch of these babies before she’s finished her first cup of coffee in the morning.
Check out this recipe. It’s easy, fast, and oh-so-yummy. They’re great for breakfast, but would also be lovely, I think, with a bowl ‘o soup or beans, and would make great party snacks if you made them in miniature. She makes these as drop biscuits, but you could also roll them out, too, if you’d like.
Wendy’s Ham & Cheese Biscuits
1 ½ cups ham
2 cups flour
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons baking powder
Dash of cayenne pepper
1 cup milk
Preheat oven to 400.
Cook the ham for a couple of minutes in a hot cast-iron skillet, to get the edges a bit crunchy. Then, add the ham to a large mixing bowl with flour, cheese, baking powder, and cayenne, and stir until combined.
Add milk, mixing until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop by heaping tablespoons on a greased baking sheet and cook for about 22 minutes.
Pull ‘em out of the oven, and enjoy! I’m gonna make me some of these with that crazy French ham when I get back to Paris.
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Okay, my mouth is seriously watering at the sight of those ham and cheese biscuits!
Did you eat your black-eyed peas, ham hocks and collard greens yesterday?
Happy New Year!
Jane
After thinking about the ham and cheese pasteries you can encounter here in Spain, I began to wonder if anyone had made ham and cheese biscuits. After a little searching, I ran across this recipe. I liked it because it was amazingly simple.
I used some jamón serrano, a special type of Spanish ham. We didn’t have cheddar so we went with a creamy havarti. They turned out really well, though I have to think that they would have been better with the cheddar.
We also added a 1/2 tsp of garlic salt and 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper to the recipe. It really added a little something extra I think. Fantastic recipe!