Ham and Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits

They are wonderfully tender, flavorful buttermilk biscuits, and so deliciously easy to whip up! They are also incredibly versatile. You can use pretty much any type of cheese you'd like in these - since the cheese offers the main flavor, if you have a bunch of something else besides pepper Jack you'd like to use up, feel free to change it up however you'd like.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 178 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup buttermilk, or more as needed
• ⅓ cup cold butter
• ⅔ cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
• ⅔ cup finely diced ham

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and garlic powder in a bowl. Whisk to combine.

Step 3

Dice the cold butter up into chunks, and cut it into the dry mixture with your fingers, a fork, or a pastry cutter, until the mixture resembles coarse sand, and butter is well blended in. Stir in cheese and ham, gently stirring to evenly coat all the cheese and ham pieces with the flour mixture.

Step 4

Use a fork and stir in 1 cup buttermilk. If the mixture is still dry, add a little more liquid at a time until the dough just comes together (it should be a little bit sticky, but not "wet").

Step 5

Shape dough into a ball by hand, handling the dough gently. Then pat the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/2- to 3/4-inch thickness. Use a small biscuit cutter to cut 12 to 15 biscuits out, and arrange them on a baking sheet with sides just barely touching.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until just golden brown around the edges/tops/bottoms and cooked through in the center, 12 to 15 minutes.

Step 7

Cool briefly on the baking sheet before moving to a platter or cooling rack. Best served warm!