Cheddar-Chive Biscuits

Bake a batch of cheddar-chive biscuits for breakfast, brunch, or your holiday dinner. This bread recipe turns out soft, fluffy, and cheesy. Serve with butter!

By Ree Drummond Published: Mar 28, 2026

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Yields:

15 serving(s)

Prep Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

30 mins

I love drop biscuits. My grandmother used to make them, and there’s something about them that triggers the “I’m a little girl at Grandma Helen’s house and I’m wearing her velour slippers and her Oscar de la Renta perfumed body lotion and life is safe and warm” response in my brain. I just love them—the texture, the ease of making them, everything.

These beauties are a variation of my standby drop biscuit recipe (the one I use in this drop biscuits and sausage gravy recipe), and they're wonderful in the springtime if you're in need of Easter breads to round out your meal. I also love them in the fall. And winter. And summer. You get the picture.

They're light and lovely, cheesy, and flecked with chives—perfect for a bread basket any time of year. Here are a handful of other favorite bread recipes if you're in the baking mood!

Ingredients

3 c. all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 c. shredded white cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)
3 tbsp. sliced chives or green onions, plus more for garnish
3/4 c. (12 tablespoons) cold salted butter, cubed, plus 2 tablespoons melted butter for brushing
1 1/4 c. buttermilk, plus more if necessary

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2

In a food processor, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cheddar cheese, and chives. Pulse until well combined. Add 12 tablespoons of the butter and pulse until mostly incorporated, but with a few chunks of butter remaining. Pour in the buttermilk while pulsing, stopping when the dough just comes together. (Add a little more buttermilk if the dough is overly dry.) If you do not have a food processor, cut together the dry ingredients with the butter, then stir in the other ingredients.
Step 3

Drop the dough onto a baking sheet in 1/4 cup-portions (bigger if you'd like!) and bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
Step 4

Brush the biscuits with melted butter and sprinkle with more chives!