Does anyone else crave warm homemade bread when you know you really needed to have started warm homemade bread 2 hours earlier to actually be enjoying it at that moment? Ya, me too. That’s why it’s really nice to have some quick savory bread recipes in your kitchen arsenal that you can whip up in a hurry! For me, some of my go-to’s are my Ham and Cheddar Waffle Bread (easy batter, cooked in the waffle iron!), and my Soft and Fluffy One-Hour Dinner Rolls. Now these super easy Cheddar Cornmeal Biscuits are on the list, too. The mix up so fast, and in one bowl, don’t require any rolling or cutting, and can be on the table in under 30 minutes. They’re a perfect side-dish for a cozy pot of chilli, soup, or stew, or see further into this post how I love to slice them for savory breakfast sandwiches, too. Try these and your carby bread cravings can be satisfied in no time!
To start, combine some flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
Add some cubed butter (use real butter!)
And cut it in until the dough is crumbly. For things like this, I usually just use my hands to crumble the butter. Just kind of smash everything in between your fingers until you have little pebble-sized pieces of butter throughout. Be careful not to over-smash. You need small pieces of butter to create steam pocket in the dough and get nice fluffy biscuits.
After it’s crumbled, add in some grated cheese.
and then gently fold in a little milk to bring it all together. The dough is quite wet, but if you feel like it’s too wet, you don’t have to add all of it. Just keep in mind these are drop biscuits, so it’s okay if the dough is loose, it’s just spooned onto the baking sheet.
Drop the biscuits onto an un-greased baking sheet (or a silicone baking mat or parchment works great)
and bake until puffed and golden. These biscuits are really soft and delicate so they work great as a side dish along side a soup or chili. Or one of my favorite things to do is split them open and fill with scrambled eggs and a little sliced turkey sausage for a yummy breakfast-for-dinner sandwich.
For homemade biscuits that can be on the table from start to finish in under 30 minutes, these should be a go-to in your kitchen!
Try these with one of our favorite Soups or Chili Recipes:
Split Pea Soup
Baked Potato Soup
Creamy Tomato Soup
Smokey Bean Soup with Ham and Bacon
Chipotle Chocolate Chili
Creamy Corn Chowder
Easy Cheddar Cornmeal Biscuits
Recipe from Taste of Home Ultimate Guide to Fall Baking
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
Instructions
1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in cheese and milk just until moistened.
2. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls 2 inches apart onto an un-greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 for 12-15 minutes or until light golden brown. Serve warm.
If you love easy biscuits, here’s a couple more you should check out!
Cat Head Biscuits
Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits
Questions & Reviews
I made it and didn’t have stick butter so I put some butter and the cheese in freezer while getting the other ingredients ready to prepare. I cut the sliced cheese using knife point while laying the slice down on a paper plate. So I used sliced cheese didn’t have shredded and also soft butter.
These biscuits are soooo good, perfect just the way they are!! We had them with chili (the 400 calories with OBB chili!) and my husband called them the best biscuits he’s ever had!! Delicious!!
I made these for dinner tonight, the idea of cornmeal and cheddar in biscuits was too intriguing not to try! They were wonderful, but I had to reduce the heat to 350 and cover my biscuits with foil after 10 minutes so they wouldn’t burn. Next time I’m just going to start with 350. They turned out great though! Next time I’m going to try 1 C flour and 1 C cornmeal, just to see how they turn out.
We, my 7 year old, made these last night. They were good! This recipe is going into my recipe book. Thanks!
I made these tonight. They were good, though not as flavorful as I expected and a little flat. I’m sure I did something wrong – but I haven’t made a ton of homemade biscuits and I’m not sure what I did wrong!
I made these to go with chicken noodle soup for Sunday dinner and they were delicious. I used some rye flour because I love cornmeal and rye together, and my husb ate SIX before he was done. The little crunch from the cornmeal is so different and so addicting. This recipe is a winner and definitely on the short list for my family Christmas party in a few weeks. Thanks!
SO good! I could seriously eat the whole pan worth.
These were great! I got just over a dozen little cheese biscuits. Perfect side dish to my dinner tonight. Needed something simple. Thanks!
What lovely fluffy biscuits. I do put cheese in mine sometimes, but never cornmeal. I am liking that idea—a lot. These biscuits would go well some of the wonderful soups you have had on your site.
How many biscuits does this recipe make?
I made it tonight and got 10 biscuits.
I got twelve. Good size, not too big.
These are perfect. I made them with soup for lunch today and they really hit the spot–warm, moist, and tasty. Thanks for the simple, from-scratch recipe. I’ve tried other recipes like this that use Bisquick, but they were never as good as these, and I never keep Bisquick on hand. This one’s a keeper. I’ll be using it a lot.
JUST yesterday I was searching your blog for a good use for my cornmeal. These are going to be made very soon! Thanks!
Have not received any emails from your site. See above new email address.
Hmmm, very intrigued by cornmeal biscuits. I’ll be trying these with chili tonight – thank you!!
Biscuits are my favorite kind of carb 😉 These look so tasty!
I grew up with “cheddar cheesy biscuits” just like these and I love how quickly you can throw them together! Will definitely add in some cornmeal next time.
Yum!! I love cheddar biscuits!!! Any clue on how to turn these into a copycat of Red Lobster’s?? LOL
Google “Copy Cat Red Lobster biscuits” and you should come up with several options. I’ve tried a version that uses Bisquick that was surprisingly good. = )