Today, I'm pleased to share my review of my quick and easy low carb cheddar
cheese and chive biscuits recipe, whose not-so-secret ingredient is HighKey
Keto Buttermilk Biscuit Mix.
I've enjoyed putting my own spin on my baked goods ever since I was a kid,
whether I'm making them from scratch or using a high quality packaged mix as a
shortcut. So, when HighKey Snacks, one of my favorite keto food brands, came
out with a delicious keto-friendly buttermilk biscuit baking mix, I couldn’t
wait to start playing around with my own ingredient add-ins. One of my
favorite variations so far is this quick and easy, 5-ingredient recipe for
keto cheddar cheese buttermilk biscuits with chives. They're so buttery and
delicious, everyone in your family will ask for more, and they'll never guess
these treats are keto-friendly. This is now one of my go-to low carb recipes,
and I usually bake a dozen every two or three weeks, depending on whether my
omnivorous husband is in the mood for some.
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Tender, flavorful, cheddar cheese keto biscuits with chives, ready in
30 minutes or less
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Enjoy Big, Buttery Drop Biscuits, Even on a Keto or Low Carb Diet
I have tried—and loved—every baking mix in HighKey’s keto-friendly, low carb
product line. So, I was really excited when the company announced it was
coming out with a new keto buttermilk biscuit mix. I was confident that it,
too, would be a winner, and I wasn’t disappointed!
Since making a traditional flaky biscuit requires using wheat flour or other
another grain, the texture of those made with HighKey’s buttermilk biscuit
baking mix makes them more similar to traditional drop biscuits. Just add
eggs, They’re extremely versatile and taste great, whether you eat them plain,
toasted and buttered, or in sweet or savory dishes, from keto strawberry
shortcake (with fresh berries and whipped cream) to sweet or savory low carb
sandwiches.
Even though this biscuit mix has great buttermilk flavor, I was surprised to
learn that it contains no buttermilk. In fact, it’s dairy free and soy free,
and has no added sugar or artificial ingredients, so it’s a great option for
people with those dietary restrictions, regardless of whether they’re
following a ketogenic or low carb diet.
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Tender, low carb, keto-friendly cheddar cheese biscuits with chives,
just out of the oven
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My Quick and Easy Keto Cheddar Cheese and Chive Biscuits Variation
Using HighKey Buttermilk Biscuit Baking Mix
Variety is the spice of life, especially when your food choices aren’t free of
limitations. Both my husband and I are huge fans of cheddar cheese bread.
These days, however, the yummy, carbohydrate-laden cheese bread we used to buy
from our local bakery is now off-limits (for me, at least). My husband also
loves chives. So, one of the first ideas I had for varying the original
HighKey buttermilk biscuit mix recipe was to add sharp cheddar cheese and
chives.
I had to experiment with the proportions bit to get the prominent cheddar
flavor I was looking for. Increasing the amount of cheese also made the
biscuits somewhat less crumbly, which means I can also use them as hamburger
buns. And, while I love having a slice of hot, gooey, melted cheese on my
burgers, using these cheddar-chive keto biscuits as a bun gives me that great
cheeseburger flavor even if I don’t add any additional cheese.
I usually prefer to use fresh chives in my dishes. For this recipe, however, I
decided to go with freeze-dried chives, since I would need only a small
quantity, and I no longer eat mashed potatoes (which I always make with plenty
of fresh chives) now that I follow a ketogenic diet. Fortunately, freeze-dried
chives work fine for these cheddar cheese biscuits.
One of My Favorite Keto Bread Options
With or without chives, these cheddar cheese biscuits are not only delicious
but also versatile. Even though they are moist, rich, and yummy just as is, I
also I love using them to add extra flavor to a sandwich or burger, as a
filling side dish to turn a soup or salad into a satisfying, high-protein, low
carb meal, or just sliced, toasted, and buttered for breakfast (or a hearty
snack).
Just be aware that you may want your burger with a knife and fork if you serve
it in one of these tender biscuits.
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Last night's dinner: this juicy burger on a keto cheddar-chive
biscuit,
served with a big, colorful, pretty and nutritious
salad
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Low Carb Keto Cheddar Cheese and Chive Buttermilk Biscuits
Recipe
These quick and easy keto biscuits are sure to become one of your favorite low
carb recipes.
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Recipe Yield:
12 large biscuits
Calories:
257 kcal
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 ℉. Line one or two baking sheets with parchment
paper.
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In a large mixing bowl, stir together the baking mix, shredded cheese, and
chives.
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Stir in the chilled butter cubes, then cut in the butter with a pastry
blender until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in the eggs to form a soft, sticky dough.
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Scoop the dough onto the parchment-lined baking sheet(s) in 12 equal mounds,
spacing them well apart to allow for spreading.
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Bake for 14–15 minutes, until the tops and edges of the biscuits are a light
golden brown.
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Let them cool for a minute or two, then remove them to a cooling rack to
cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
If you're on a keto diet and counting your macros, here's what the Carb Manager
app calculated. Although it's based on the specific brand of extra-sharp aged
cheddar cheese (and eggs and butter) I used, the calories and macros should be
very similar, regardless of the brands of ingredients you use.
These big, delicious cheese biscuits are extremely filling. Each contains 2.6
net carbs, 257 calories, and just over 23 grams of fat, 9 grams of protein,
and 6 grams of dietary fiber.
Helpful Baking Tips for Making Keto Cheddar and Chive Buttermilk
Biscuits
Make the Entire Package of HighKey Buttermilk Biscuit Mix at a Time (and
Freeze Any Extra Biscuits)
The first time I prepared a bag of HighKey Buttermilk Biscuit Mix, I measured
out 1-1/3 cups of the dry mix and combined it with 1/4 cup of butter and two
eggs to make 6 biscuits as directed on the package. Unfortunately, when I
started making my next batch, I discovered that there was only about a cup of
leftover dry mix in the package! Subsequently, I have seen comments on
Facebook and Amazon from people who had the same experience after following
the package directions. Now, I always make a dozen buttermilk biscuits at a
time, using the entire bag of mix. Fortunately, like most baked goods, these
biscuits freeze beautifully, and thaw quickly at room temperature.
Use a Pastry Blender to Cut in the Butter
When I was a girl, my grandmother taught me to cut fat into dry ingredients by
scissoring it into the flour mixture with two sharp knives. That experience
definitely has made me appreciate the ease and efficiency of using a pastry
blender instead. In addition, this handy tool, also called a pastry cutter or
dough blender, creates more uniform bits of butter for more even distribution
throughout the dough. It's also possible to use a fork, but that tends to mash
the butter into the flour, rather than chopping it into nice little individual
flour-coated bits. So, although the HighKey Buttermilk Biscuit Mix package
directions give you the choice of using a pastry cutter or a fork, I strongly
recommend using the former.
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Spring Chef Dough Blender on Amazon
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I recently replaced my dull, 40-year-old pastry blender with a Spring Chef
Dough Blender, and it turned out to be a major upgrade! It has sturdier and much
sharper stainless steel blades, as well as a wide, comfortable, soft-grip
handle. Both these features make it a pleasure to use, especially since this
high quality, heavy-duty cutter doesn't feel heavy in my hand. In addition to
cutting butter or other fat into dry ingredients, I also love using it for other
cooking and baking tasks that my previous pastry blender would not have been up
to, such as chopping nuts and making salsa and guacamole.
Use a #14 Scoop to Portion the Dough Evenly
Dividing any dough or batter evenly into equal-size portions is always
desirable, since it enables all the biscuits, cookies, etc., to finish baking at
the same time with the same degree of doneness. If you are baking for yourself
or others who are monitoring their food intake, whether tracking macros on a low
carb or keto diet or counting calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber,
cholesterol, sodium, potassium, or other nutrients for a medical, health, or
weight loss reason, portioning equal servings of a recipe becomes even more
important. Over time, I have assembled a collection of high quality
Norpro stainless steel scoops in several different sizes, the largest of which is the
4-tablespoon (#16) Norpro scoop with a comfortable, soft-grip handle, none had the right capacity to measure out 1/12 portions of this keto
buttermilk biscuit dough, with or without added cheese. Guesstimating how much
to overfill the #16 size always left me with too much or two little dough
for the last few portions, and I was spending more time weighing each mound and
shuffling around bits of dough to equalize the portion sizes than I did
preparing it in the first place.
Eventually, I managed to find a
#14 stainless steel scoop
with a capacity of 4-3/4 tablespoons, which turned out to be the perfect size
for portioning this keto biscuit dough into twelfths. It's a huge time-saver,
makes nice, rounded mounds, and has a sturdy spring-action mechanism for the
scraper blade.
Don't Skip the Baking Parchment Paper
These drop biscuits will likely stick, and stick badly, to the baking pan if you
try to grease it instead of using baking parchment. I prefer using unbleached,
precut sheets of parchment paper, which are less toxic than bleached baking
parchment and don't curl like paper sold in rolls. If you are trying to cut down
on single-use disposable products, a reusable silicone nonstick baking mat is a
great alternative.
Consider Making Them With Extra-Sharp Cheddar
The first time I made these, I used regular sharp cheddar, and only half an
ounce. (I also left out the chives.) They tasted good, but weren't as cheesy or
tangy as I had hoped. So, for the next batch, I not only doubled the amount of
cheese, and used aged, extra-sharp cheddar. It made a huge difference! So, if
you enjoy the taste of extra-sharp cheddar, I encourage you to try using it in
these biscuits.
My Favorite Brands of High Quality, Low Carb and Keto Baking Mix
Products
One of the keys to
my successful keto diet journey, which helped me lose nearly 60 pounds and, more importantly, has enabled me
to maintain that weight loss, has been finding keto-friendly versions of my
favorite baked goods.
Although I’ve always loved to bake (and still do), I
also wanted to spend less time thinking about food, which meant spending less
time cooking and baking, especially during the first six months of my new,
healthy eating lifestyle after switching to a ketogenic diet. So, while I
absolutely love using the recipes in Carolyn Ketchum’s
The Ultimate Guide to Keto Baking (my keto baking bible) and my go-to low carb and keto blogs and
websites, more often than not I’ve been using the excellent baking mixes from
HighKey Snacks, Good Dee’s, and Keto and Co, which not only taste great but
are also made with wholesome (and, for the most part, minimally processed)
ingredients. You can learn more about these brands’ high-quality baking mixes
in
my review of homemade low carb keto cupcakes and muffins.
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