As I approached the counter, I admitted I'd never been there and asked for a recommendation. It feels like a neighborhood joint, where the cashier personally greets everyone who walks in. It's clean, bright, and dare I say, serene. There's a cooler where you can buy their retail biscuits, pimento cheese, and a few other treats, with a small counter on the opposite wall where you can enjoy your breakfast if the place isn't bursting with other people. The foyer is really all there is to the little place, which explains why the line stretches down the street on the weekends. I opened the front door that takes up half of the width of the entire shop and walked into the bright white glory of only two other customers at Callie's. Then I found myself downtown on a Friday morning, with on-street parking galore, and not a single person queued up outside the tiny King Street storefront. I'd been dying to go there, but every time I'd attempted it was just packed. On a Saturday morning from the outside, it looks painful. This is why I had never been to Callie's Hot Little Biscuit. You can imagine how I feel about large groups of people I don't know lining King Street to get into a shop that is filled with even more people and no discernable seating area. Large groups, people I don't know, last minute changes to a plan, running late, new places where I don't know "the situation" - these are all things that cause me great stress. If you love our favorite cuisine as much as we do you’ll want to read Southern Food: Then & Now.I am what some may call a high anxiety person. You could even make them in little “tea” sized biscuits for parties or receptions. They make a great addition to a party platter like our Southern Appetizer Board. Pimento Cheese Biscuits are super versatile! You can serve them at breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. If you’re strained for time, try using the Best Biscuit Mix and adding the pimento cheese. Always use a straight up and down motion when cutting biscuits.The key is to not end up with any big “globs” of pimento cheese The pimento cheese is dropped into the flour in teaspoonsful and tossed with the flour as you go, just like you do with the butter.As is the case with the 3 Ingredient Biscuits all the ingredients should be very cold.If you and yours don’t, just scale it back accordingly. If you go right by our recipe your Pimento Cheese Biscuits will have a mild kick, which we love. That one ingredient? Cayenne pepper.Ĭheddar cheese and cayenne pepper are a flavor match made in heaven even if you don’t add enough of the pepper to get any heat. We just added the pimento cheese, and one more ingredient that we feel is crucial, but you could leave out if you must. In the end, the ingredients and proportions in our Three Ingredient Biscuits turned out to be just right. That’s a big deal, huh? We had no trouble finding volunteers to be taste testers for this one. The latter is made right here in our home state of Georgia. We’re big fans of Palmetto and Proper Pepper. Naturally homemade is always best if you have time, but there are some really good storebought varieties out there. Pepper Jack Pimento Cheese is also delicious in these biscuits. The homemade version that we have here is Spicy and Smoky Pimento Cheese and it’s always been a big hit. However, we truly cannot decide if we love biscuits any more than we love Pimento Cheese. They’re all delish, and have their place on the menu. There’s even an easy-to follow video that goes with the recipe.Īnd then we’ve got some fun variations like Sweet Potato Biscuits, Asiago and Black Pepper Biscuits and even Mexican Style Biscuits. If you haven’t made them, you simply must. 3 Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits are one of our signature ( and most popular) recipes and they are the basis for this newest one. Naturally, our love of biscuits runs deep around here. We know what you’re thinking… “I’m in heaven” or “how can it get any better than this?” We hear you because we feel the same way. They’re perfect for brunch, parties or charcuterie boards. Pimento Cheese Biscuits blend the best of southern flavors in one easy-to-make biscuit.
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