You can be enjoying these savory Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits in just under 30 minutes. They’re easy to make and so good! They’re Red Lobster’s bread and butter, literally and figuratively.
What Are Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Cheddar Bay Biscuits are Red Lobster’s tasty, addictive, cheesy biscuits. These biscuits are perfect with your lunch or dinner, but I personally love to have one in the morning for breakfast. It’s perfect with my cup of coffee. I know I’m weird that way.Â
Just like everyone else, I love Red Lobster and I love these biscuits. Just watching their commercials has me drooling all over myself.
These biscuits are so easy to make, anyone can make them. They are amazing, they have smoked paprika and they’re loaded with cheddar cheese, so you know they’re going to be cheesy and delicious.
How to Make Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Preheat your oven to 45 F degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients, including the spices and herbs. In another bowl whisk the butter milk and melted butter together.
Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and gently mix. Stir in the cheese.
Drop heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet, making sure to leave at least 1 inch in between biscuits. Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with a bit more paprika and parsley.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Your house will smell incredible.
Do Cheddar Bay Biscuits Need to Be Refrigerated
You can refrigerate them in an airtight container. However, they will last for up to 3 days at room temperature if sealed tightly in an airtight container.
Can You Freeze Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Yes, you can! I usually wrap them individually in plastic wrap then place them in a freezer bag and freeze them. They will last for up to a month in the freezer. When I want to have one, I just take one out of the freezer and pop it in the microwave for about a minute.
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Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 8 ounce cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
For Topping
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, garlic powder, salt, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper and dried parsley.
- In a medium bowl stir the buttermilk and melted butter together, you'll notice the butter will form small clumps.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and mix gently with a spatula. Add cheese and mix until the cheese is well incorporated.
- Drop heaping spoonfuls or use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to scoop out dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Make sure to leave at least 1 in in between biscuits.
- Brush with buttermilk then sprinkle with paprika and dried parsley.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
It didn’t work. I made the recipe exactly as directed, and the biscuits were too loose. They came out looking like yellow pancakes. (I’m baking at 5000 feet altitude). Should I add 1/2 cup more flour?
Yes, you probably needed a bit more flour for sure.
They are delicious and wont last long in my house while we are in lockdown due to the pandemic.
The consistency of these little biscuits was perfect! And thanks for the heads-up about the buttermilk and butter… I would have freaked out a little when I saw it clumping up. I think I misunderstood the cheese measurements – we used a cup, and I think it probably needed more like a cup and a half. Not too much cheesey flavor, but I noticed that you mentioned it should have been 8 oz by weight. Whoops! We’ll definitely try them again with the correct measurements. Thanks for the recipe!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed them!
Hi I’m planning to take them to a dinner party …but the place is like 3 hours away …how do I pack or store these biscuits so they stay nice soft and fresh till I get to the dinner ?
Just place them in an airtight container, they should be fine. Make sure you let them cool first completely before closing the lid on the container, so they don’t get soggy.
Well, first time trying this, they’re still in the oven, but the aroma has me wishing my waitress was bringing my shrimp scampi! Can’t wait to taste these.
Delicious. The smoked paprika is amazing – it adds so much flavour. I had to guess on the 8 oz of shredded cheddar. Is that 8 oz by weight, or is it an 8 oz cup (volume measure)? By weight turned out to be too much so I reduced the amount. The garlic seems a little too much so I cut it back by half. I ended up with 14 biscuits and in my oven it took 15 minutes at 450F.
That’s 8 oz by weight. Glad you liked them!
If you are out of garlic powder you can cook a few cloves in a 1/4 C of butter. Remove from heat, add remaining 1/4 C of butter and let cool a little before mixing with buttermilk. I like doing it this way to get more garlic-y biscuit 🙂
What kind of cheese did you guys use? I think the cheese I used made mine really greasy. I grated Cabot Extra Sharp.
Red Lobster has the BEST biscuits but these look even better! My a/c doesn’t have enough umphfff to cool our place down enough for me to switch on the oven right now but I know they’ll happen as soon as it cools a bit – yum!
My son used to be a regional manager for Red Lobster and he would give me some of the topping mix that I was to add to melted butter and white wine and that’s what I brushed on top.
I look forward to trying the buttermilk idea!
PS I see Mia in this -> http://www.amazon.com/JellyBeadz-Therapy-Cooling-Bandana-Scarf/dp/B004XX4XA8
When I first saw the recipe name I thought “oooh, Jo’s gone gourmet, LOBSTER!” Then I read the recipe, got confused, did some googling and realised it was a restaurant chain. 🙂
Which I’m actually happy about because THIS I can make! I can’t afford lobster! Hmm, I might even make this today. It’s FREEZING here, I need my oven to warm up the house!
And remember, don’t you DARE turn off that air con, Mia will never forgive you! 🙂
Lol yeah not happening, she wouldn’t let us. I love that scarf….going to have to get one for her, maybe she’ll spend more time outside with us. 🙂