Best-ever Cheese Biscuits

How to make it

These brilliant cheese biscuits from Milk Made can be cut into squares or circles. Make double the recipe, and you can keep a roll of the dough in the freezer to pull out and bake when friends drop by for unexpected drinks.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).

Put the butter and flour in a bowl and rub them together using your fingertips , until they resemble breadcrumbs. You can also do this in a food processor, if you prefer. Add the salt and cayenne, then knead in the cheese until combined. Roll into a ball.

Tear off a couple of sheets of baking paper, about 30cm (12in) square. Divide the dough in half and place each half in the centre of each piece of baking paper. Roll into a sausage shape, using the paper as a casing. Twist the ends to seal and place in the fridge for an hour to chill and harden (if you’re going to store one of the rolls in the freezer, wrap well in plastic wrap first).

Slice discs off of the dough, about 7 – 8mm (1/3 in) thick, and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 15 minutes or until they are golden. Turn the cheese biscuits out onto a wire rack to cool before storing in an airtight container.

Other Milk Made recipes:

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These blue cheese straws are a great opener for a dinner party. Using a dry crumbly blue will ensure the straws don’t become too soft after baking.

This take on pizza is from the Japanese city of Sapporo. Although far from the natural home of pizza, the combination of sweet onion and salty blue cheese work brilliantly here.