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Loaded Breakfast Biscuits
These filling, savory breakfast biscuits are baked with sausage and cheddar cheese, and seasoned with bell peppers, chili powder, and sage. Serve them for breakfast, brunch or a protein-rich snack. Delicious!
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 12 biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached flour or white whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground sage
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 Tbsp butter
- 1 red bell pepper chopped small
- 1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 5 breakfast sausage links cooked and chopped (about 4 oz)
- 1 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425. Butter a cookie sheet or baking stone and set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, chili powder, sage, and salt. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a fork or pastry cutter until the butter is the size of large crumbs.
- Put bell pepper, sausage, cheese, and 3/4 cup of the milk into the flour mixture and stir to combine. Add additional milk until all of the flour is mixed in and the dough is moist.
- Drop biscuits by the heaping tablespoonful on the baking stone. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops of the biscuits are golden and beginning to crisp slightly.
Recipe Notes
We like to use aluminum-free baking powder and Real Salt.