Mona's Incredible Cheese Biscuits
Breakfast & Brunch, Breads | 30 Minutes or Less, Baking, Entertaining | Eggs & Dairy, Pasta & Grains
START TO FINISH: 20 minutes
Cooking Notes
* Mona first found a similar recipe to inspire her in a local Junior League Cookbook years ago. But the exact cookbook has long since vanished, so we’ll credit her with all the home-cooked goodness as her own.
If you choose to use self-rising flour, be sure it is not expired. The date is printed on the bag. Same goes for your baking powder, check the bottom of the can before using. Old baking powder or self- rising flour will make your biscuits doughy little slabs.
The recipe is best with regular sour cream, but if your choose to use reduced fat, the texture will be softer.
Mona's Incredible Cheese Biscuits
2 cups (about 8 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sour cream*
2 cups self rising flour -OR- 2 cups all purpose flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt*
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and spoon into mini muffin pans, a tablespoon at a time. Bake for 10 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on wire racks. Can be prepared ahead and frozen for up to a month. Thaw on the counter and reheat wrapped in foil for 10 minutes or until warmed through, if desired. Also completely delicious eaten at room temperature.
Mona's Incredible Cheese Biscuits
From Alicia:
I marvel at the way great recipes are passed from generation to generation. Some of my favorite recipes are the ones my grandmother and my mom shared with me years ago. One of my absolute favorites is my mom’s Peanut Butter Cookies which is on Kitchenscoop.com for all to enjoy.
Today’s recipe is just that sort of recipe that comes from my girlfriend, Lane’s mom, Mona Ellis. I call them Mona’s Incredible Cheese Biscuits. At my church, where we all attend, they are known through every generation. If we’re hosting a brunch or morning snacks between services, you can hear the murmurs that Mona brought her biscuits before the last amen is spoken. Her platters are inevitably the first to empty, they really are that good.
So in celebration of moms, young and old, here is another mother to daughter recipe, Mona’s Incredible Cheese Biscuits. You’ll want to grab the scissors for this one, it will be one of those recipes you want to pass down from generation to generation.
Mona's Incredible Cheese Biscuits
Approximate Values Per Serving: 105 calories (71% from fat), 8 g fat (5 g saturated), 23 mg cholesterol, 2 g protein, 6 g carbohydrates, trace dietary fiber, 168 mg sodium
Comments
From Alicia Ross - May 09, 2011
via email: Thank you for publishing this recipe. As a 75 year-old widower, I'm not much into the traditional biscuit preparation ritual, but these were not only simple, but very good. Incidentally, three of us, independently, brought these to church yesterday, and did they disappear!!! Jim Clendenen
From Alicia Ross - May 09, 2011
via email: Great...I have printed it out now and will be trying it very soon. Also wanted to thank you for the info on "expired" self-rising flour and baking powder...had not thought of that and yes, my baking soda was VERY expired and I purchased a new can this week end....thanks again. Dian
From Martha in KS - May 10, 2011
What a great idea to make biscuits in mini muffin pans! I appreciate the option of using regular flour, as self-rising is not something I have on hand. Yeah, I know - a Yankee!
From rodney booker - May 11, 2011
if i use self-rising flour. do i need baking powder.
From Alicia Ross - May 18, 2011
No baking powder needed if you use self-rising flour, as it is already in the mixture - same with salt. Only use salt and baking powder if you use plain flour.
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From Maris (In Good Taste) - May 09, 2011
These do look incredible. I can't wait to make them