Healthy Cheese Biscuits in 20 mins

I’ve been craving cheese sticks since having some homebaked ones at a friend’s house on Monday. I was a little piggy and finished the container! They were yummy, Cath! She told me how easy they were to make so it played on mind that I could whip some up quickly too.

So after dinner last night, I pulled out my trusty Edmonds Cookery Book and found a recipe for cheese biscuits. I modified it to make a healthier version and I think they’re delicious, even if I do say so myself. Haha… It was hard for us not to eat the whole batch all at once!

I’ve shared with you my version and I think it’s a good base recipe. I’m thinking that it might also work well with garlic powder and cheese or rosemeary and sea salt. I might try those next week. Happy baking!

Ingredients:
1 cup wholemeal plain flour
1 tablespoon icing sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of sea salt
pinch of ground paprika
25 g light margarine/ spread
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons skim milk, approximately

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Sift flour, icing sugar, baking powder, salt and paprika into a bowl.
3. Cut butter into flour mixture and rub in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
4. Mix in cheese.
5. Add just enough milk to form a stiff dough.
6. Knead lightly and roll out to 2mm thinkness.
7. Cut into squares and place onto lined baking tray.
8. Prick each square with a fork.
9. Bake in preheated oven for 10 mins or until lightly golden.
10. Sprinkle biscuits with a pinch of sea salt. Eat when cool.

Makes 25.

6 Responses to “Healthy Cheese Biscuits in 20 mins”

1. Cath says:

   02/24/2010 at 5:06 pm

   Ohhh, those bikkies are much healthier than mine were! Sound tasty too.
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2. Linda says:

   02/24/2010 at 6:12 pm

   Yum they look nice.
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3. xiuxiu says:

   02/24/2010 at 8:24 pm

   Yum yum….
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4. Mel Baker says:

   02/25/2010 at 2:19 am

   They look soo good – I think I can taste them already – have to try this asap! Thanks Salihan!
5. Julie says:

   02/25/2010 at 6:22 am

   wow, I love how simple this recipe looks, and they look so delicious!! I’m definitely going to try these….
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6. Ellen says:

   03/10/2010 at 1:43 am

   I made these and they were fantastic, not to mention also SUPER easy, which is not usually the thing with biscuits! I even added sprinkled cheese to the batter before baking…I mentioned your recipe in my blogpost….
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