Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits 🦞

Love the biscuits at Red Lobster? So do I! Now we can make them at home with this quick and easy recipe.

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Grate in cold butter

Many biscuit or pastry recipes require you to cut the butter into chunks then slowly work it into the flour with you fingers until a crumb forms. An easy way to get the same result is by grating in your butter instead. To make it easier to grate, I place my butter into the freezer for 15 minutes before I grate.

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Shredded cheese and parsley in the dough

The shredded cheddar cheese and parsley are both important for texture, flavor, and color. The shredded cheddar adds a cheesy texture after baked as well as flavor. The parsley is added mainly for color. Red Lobster doesn’t actually have parsley in the batter but I think it looks much more appetizing.

shredded cheddar

chopped parsley

Reasons to Not Overmix When Making Red Lobster Biscuits

Tender Texture: Overmixing develops gluten, making biscuits tough instead of tender and flaky.

Proper Rise: Overmixed dough can become dense, preventing the biscuits from rising properly.

Flaky Layers: Minimal mixing keeps the butter cold and intact, creating steam pockets for flakiness.

Even Baking: Overmixed dough can result in uneven baking, causing some biscuits to be undercooked or overcooked.

Consistent Shape: Overmixed dough can lose its shape, leading to uneven and misshapen biscuits.

5 from 4 votes

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits (Easy)

Servings:

12 biscuits

Prep:

10minutes mins

Cook:

15minutes mins

Total:

25minutes mins

I grew up eating these cheddar bay biscuits and just recently realized how simple they are to make.

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Ingredients:

• 250 g flour

• 1 tbsp baking powder

• 1 tbsp garlic powder

• ½ tbsp salt

•½ tbsp sugar

• 113g cold butter, (1 stick)

• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

• ½ cup chopped parsley

• 1 cup buttermilk

Garlic butter ingredients:

• 1 stick softened butter

• 3 cloves minced garlic

• 2 tbsp chopped parsley

• 1 tsp salt

Steps:

1. Place stick of butter into freezer while you prepare the rest. This will firm up the butter, making it easier to grate.

2. In a bowl, add flour, baking powder, garlic powder, salt, and sugar. Mix to combine.

3. Take butter from freezer and grate it in.

4. Add grated cheese and chopped parsley. Mix again.

5. Add buttermilk and mix with a spoon until smooth and you can no longer see anymore flour.

6. Using a spoon, form your biscuits and place on a baking dish. They don't need to be perfectly round. The batter should make 10-12 biscuits.

7. Bake at 420F for 15 minutes.

8. Mix together garlic butter ingredients and brush on top of biscuits.

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