Gluten Free Cheese Biscuits (2024)

These gluten free Cheese Biscuits are tender and like all biscuits, they're best the day you make them. There are many tricks gluten free cooks need to learn and they must be mastered one recipe at a time. In this recipe yogurt replaces buttermilk for the tang you expect in a biscuit, and psyllium husk powder is the binder that creates the structure needed so you can break them apart and spread butter on them.

What do you serve with biscuits? My mom made a lot of biscuits so comfort food for me is a soft and tender biscuit along side a bowl of homemade chili or any homemade soup. I always have one the next morning straight up or with jam.

🧀 Ingredients

It took years for me to be convinced I should buy yet another special ingredient, psyllium husk powder. It’s inexpensive and easy to find, I just wasn't convinced I needed it. If you’re on the fence let me tell you, just go and buy it. I've got more ways for you to use it and at least five variations to use this exact dough!

• EGFG gluten free flour blend (sweet rice flour, potato starch, sorghum flour, millet flour)
• psyllium husk powder - Learn more here, How To Use Binders in GF baking.
• baking powder & baking soda
• sugar
• butter
• cheddar cheese
• plain yogurt- I use 6% Greek yogurt
• egg
• vegetable oil - I'm switching to olive oil everywhere I can, including here.
• lemon juice

See recipe card for exact amounts.

🥛 Substitutions

Dairy Free - In my virtual cooking classes people have made a dairy free version of this recipe. I would use coconut yogurt, vegan buttery sticks and skip the cheese. The texture of the dough is different but dairy free biscuits are possible. The cinnamon roll variation may not work with a dairy free dough.

📖 Variations

My mom used the same basic dough to make cinnamon rolls and many other variations so that's the gluten free biscuit recipe I was going for. Here are some of the ways I vary it.

• Skip the cheese for plain biscuits, add herbs or pesto for Cheddar Pesto Biscuits.
• Sprinkle sugar on top of a plain biscuit to make Strawberry Shortcake.
• Roll or pat the dough thinner than for a biscuit and turn it into a Biscuit Pizza. I also add a teaspoon of dried oregano to the dough to guarantee that pizza taste.
• Biscuit-style Cinnamon Rolls just like my mom made. If you like the look of these make a savoury version with your favourite fillings from bacon jam to Boursin cheese the ideas are limitless.
• At Christmas my sister always serves red and green veggie triangles but you can make any shape and size. Split cooked biscuits, spread with soft cream cheese and top with finely diced red and green pepper. We love them!

🍽 Equipment

Every kitchen needs a few basic tools and cheese biscuits will be one of many recipes you make with these items. Here’s what I use.

• Baking sheets, cooling racks and measuring cups.
• Reuseable baking mats, parchment paper roll or sheets, especially helpful for gluten free techniques and kitchens where you can't count on a clean work surface.
• Portion scoops for same size muffins and biscuits that will cook evenly.
• Psyllium husk powder, a binder that works well here but is more often used in yeast breads.

🥶 Storage

Gluten free baking doesn’t stay fresh the same way baking with wheat flour does. Biscuits are meant to be eaten fresh but since that’s not always practical be sure to wrap them as soon as they are completely cool.

These can be frozen too and I say a leftover biscuit is always better than no biscuit. Learn the settings on your microwave to gently reheat it rather than zapping the sh*t out of it. (That's my old method.)

💭 Top Tip

Start with recipes written for gluten free! Bloggers should have already made adjustments to account for the properties of gluten free flours. This approach will help you get to recreating a gluten free version of your old tried-and-true recipes faster.

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