Cheesy Chive Gluten Free Biscuits (2024)

Fresh out of the oven these Cheesy Chive Gluten Free Biscuits will rival any restaurant quality biscuit (looking at you Red Lobster)! Made all in one bowl in about 20 minutes – there’s very little to it! Simply mix, drop and bake for about 15 minutes until your biscuits are soft on the inside with a golden crust formed on the outside!

How to Make These Gluten Free Biscuits

1. Whisk together the dry flours and powders until combined.
2. Mix in the cubed or grated butter.
3. Whisk in the chives and cheese.
4. Stir in the buttermilk until a thick, sticky dough forms.
5. Drop the biscuits onto the prepared baking sheets and bake until golden.
6. Enjoy!

What type of cheese should I use?

Any type of shredded, grated cheese like cheddar will work. I usually make this using Red Leicester or Double Gloucester for their orange-y pigments (cheddar cheese is white here in the UK), but I have used provolone in a pinch when I was out of my other options.

Just keep make sure that you use a cheese that you enjoy as it will come though in your final gluten free biscuits.

What type of flour should I use?

Any basic all purpose gluten free flour blend will work. If available I like using my ownhomemade gluten free flour blend but will often use whatever generic brand is available (I often use Freee gluten free plain flour) at my local grocery store. Just make sure you’re using something that is ablendof flours.

How to make these dairy free/vegan friendly?

You can use dairy free/vegan cheese and dairy free buttermilk.

To make your own dairy free buttermilk: Combine 1 cups (240 ml) non dairy milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Mix and let stand at least 5 minutes. When your milk looks a little bit curdled it’s ready to go.

Recipe Tips

• Drop the biscuits onto your baking sheet – don’t try to roll or form them too much.

The dough for these gluten free biscuits (like most gluten free doughs) need a lot of moisture to stay soft. Because of the extra moisture in the dough the batter will feel a bit wet and sticky to the touch which makes it difficult to roll, cut or form into neat little biscuits. I recommend just scooping and dropping the dough onto the baking sheet to save you the hassle.

It’s also important to be somewhat delicate with your batter because packing the dough and forming it into a neat ball will make for tougher bread rolls.

• Grate the butter to make it easier to incorporate in to the flour.

Hard, cold butter incorporated into flour when baking makes for more flaky, tender baked goods. Usually, the recommendation is to cut the butter into cubes and then mix in with a fork or pastry cutter. This can be tedious and somewhat tricky to do. Instead – grate the cold butter using the large holes on a box grater. It grates quickly and mixes in easily making for a much faster, smoother process.

Add Herbs & Spices

If you’re up for playing around with your flavours feel free to add additional herbs and spices to these rolls. Garlic and onion powder are great additions if you’re interested in a more garlic bread-like flavour. You can sub out the chives for spring onions and add fresh parsley to the mix.

Hope you enjoy!

More Gluten Free Breads & Crackers You Might Enjoy:

• Herby Gluten Free Vegan Biscuits
• Gluten Free Cheese Scones
• Herby Paleo Biscuits
• Gluten Free Bread
• Gluten Free Vegan French Bread
• Gluten Free Crackers
• Cheesy Gluten Free Crackers
• Mashed Potato Biscuits