Biscuits or scones, call them whatever you want. I call these sweet and savoury apple and cheddar biscuits delicious! Oh and they’re studded with ribbons of sage. They are a wonderful addition to any breakfast plate, with a bowl of soup, on a cheese board or save the recipe for your thanksgiving bread basket. 

Do you like baking with apples and cheese?

The Ingredients:

• Use tart apples that hold up well. I like Granny Smith. 
• Sharp cheddar or smoked cheddar are a good choice. 
• Fresh sage adds so much flavour and makes for such a pretty presentation. 

How do Make the Dough:

The quickest and easiest way to make this flaky dough is in a food processor. 

• Pulse the dry ingredients together to get everything combined. 
• Work with cold butter, cut in cubes. 
• Pulse butter with the dry ingredients until just combined and there are pea sized chunks of butter.  
• Add the liquid while continuing to pulse until the dough forms a ball. 
• Dump the dough on the counter and press or roll into a rectangle. 
• Cut the biscuits and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. 
• Brush the tops lightly with milk and gently press a sage leaf on top. 

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Apple and Cheddar Biscuits

Course Side Dish

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tbsp organic sugar
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
• ½ cup milk buttermilk or kefir
• 1 cup granny smith apple, finely chopped
• 1 cup extra old cheddar cheese, shredded
• ¼ cup finely chopped fresh sage leaves, plus a few leaves for the tops of the biscuits
• 2 tbsp milk for brushing

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment.

• Place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. 

• Add the butter to the food processor, and continue to pulse until the mixture is coarse and crumbly.
• Slowly add in the milk and pulse until the dough comes together in a ball.
• Remove the dough from the food processor and place in a mixing bowl with the chopped apple, shredded cheese and sage. Mix by hand until everything is combined. Try not to over-mix. 

• Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and pat or gently roll into a rectangle about 1-inch thick.
• Using a 2 ½-inch cookie cutter, cut 8-10 biscuits and place them on prepared baking sheet.
• Brush the tops of the biscuits with milk and place a small sage leaf or two on top of each biscuit, brushing with more milk to hold the sage leaf in place.
• Bake for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Recipe inspired by TheViewFromGreatIsland