Cheddar Cheese Everything Bagel Greek Yogurt Biscuits

Flaky and tender cheddar cheese loaded biscuits topped with everything bagel seasoning. These biscuits are made secretly lighter with the help of greek yogurt! These biscuits are the perfect treat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

the BEST Greek yogurt biscuits

I’m so excited to share these tender, flaky, and slightly healthier cheddar cheese Greek yogurt biscuits. You can’t even tell that Greek yogurt replaces the buttermilk – but it adds, tang, fat and moisture, similar to buttermilk, making the biscuits extra tender and fluffy. They are perfection!

These biscuits work well in so many applications too! You could serve them along side your Christmas Eve or Christmas dinner. They would work beautifully at your Christmas Day brunch as the base of a egg sandwich or with traditional biscuits and gravy. They even work well as a lunch or side option!

tips on making traditional biscuits

Confession: before this recipe, I had never attempted to make biscuits from scratch. Growing up, we typically bought the store-bought can – you know the ones that you hit with a knife for the tube to pop open. For some reason, making biscuits really intimated me. I thought it would be super difficult to make (like a pie crust or puff pastry). Turns out it’s actually incredibly easy!

The dough comes together with a few simple pantry staple ingredients:

• whole wheat white flour (regular white flour would work too)
• baking powder + salt
• butter
• greek yogurt
• milk
• add-in, like cheddar cheese or herbs, if desired

It’s all about the technique that takes these simple ingredients and turns them into a flaky, irresistible biscuit.

Here are a few tips for achieving the perfect biscuit every time:

• extra cold butter, the butter needs to be super cold to make sure it remains solid in the dough and provides the flaky, tender crumb
• extra cold wet ingredients, all of your wet ingredients should remain cold to help achieve a tender biscuit
• baking powder, helps provide rise and achieve a tender biscuit
• gently working the dough, be careful to not overwork you dough or it will lead to a tough biscuit
• the fold method, after you role out your biscuit dough, fold it a few times over which helps create flaky layers
• freeze for 10-15 minutes before baking, this helps keep the butter solid so the biscuits stay flaky
• Don’t press down too hard or turn when cutting out the biscuits, smashing the biscuits when you cut them prevents them from achieving beautiful layers

how to make these Greek yogurt biscuits

Stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Use a pastry cutter, two butter knives or your fingertips to cut the cold cubed butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 

In a small bowl, combined the greek yogurt and 1/4 cup milk. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the greek yogurt milk mixture to butter flour mixture to make a shaggy but soft dough. If the dough is too dry and not quite coming together, add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough just comes together. Fold in cheddar cheese. 

Lightly flour your table or countertop and dust your hands with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface and gently pat it into a rectangle. Fold the dough in half and roll out again into a rectangle. Fold it again in half and roll out once more into a rectangle, about 1 in or so thick (depending on how tall of a biscuit you desire). Using a biscuit cutter or other round option, cut into about 8-10 biscuits. 

how to lighten up classic biscuits

I implemented two simple swaps to make these biscuits slightly healthier. I subbed greek yogurt for buttermilk. It still provides fat and tang but also adds healthy fats and protein. I also used whole wheat white flour instead of regular white flour. It contains more nutrients and fiber to make these a little more nutritious. It’s important to use whole wheat white flour (or whole wheat pastry flour) not pure whole wheat flour or the biscuits will be too dense.

enjoy!

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Cheddar Cheese Everything Bagel Biscuits

Delicious, tender, and flaky cheedar cheese biscuits topped with everything spice bagel seasoning! Made lighter using whole wheat white flour and greek yogurt!

Course Breakfast, Side Dish

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat white flour
• 1 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter very cold, cubed + 2 tablespoons melted butter for topping
• 3/4 cup 2% Greek yogurt cold
• 1/4 + 2 tablespoons milk divided, very cold
• 3/4 cup shredded share cheddar cheese grated yourself (not pre-shredded)
• 2 tablespoons everything bagel spice seasoning

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt in a medium bowl. Use a pastry cutter, two butter knives or your fingers to cut in the cold cubed butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. In a small bowl, combined the greek yogurt and 1/4 cup milk. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the greek yogurt milk mixture to make a shaggy but soft dough. If the dough is too dry, add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough just comes together. Fold in cheddar cheese.
4. Lightly flour your table or countertop and dust your hands with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface and gently pat it into a rectangle. Fold the dough in half and roll out again into a rectangle. Fold it again in half and roll out once more into a rectangle, about 1 in or so thick (depending on how tall of a biscuit you desire). Using a biscuit cutter or other round option, cut into about 8-10 biscuits.
5. Freeze for 10-15 minutes.
6. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle each biscuit with everything bagel seasoning. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes to until tops are golden brown.
7. Serve with butter and enjoy!

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