Everything Fontina Biscuits.
I’m in spring cleaning mode.
And by spring cleaning mode, I don’t mean I’m cleaning any thing that matters, like scrubbing my baseboards (OMG help) or foyer floor or the space underneath our kitchen sink where sanitary products go to die. Wait… what is a baseboard? Because I really don’t think I know. All I know is that my mom said I probably couldn’t even pay someone to do it for me at this point.
I guess that’s bad… ?
I’m about to go on a big time closet purge. It hits me like a ton of bricks every few months, where I see something and am like WHAT THE HECK is that stupid hot pint turtleneck from The Limited circa 1999 that I used to TUCK into my jeans still doing in my closet? Why did I think that holding on to this B.U.M. equipment t-shirt would make me a cooler person or something? Then my eyes are drawn upward to this crazy shelf way up high that I can’t even reach, where I smashed three identical but different pastel colored American Eagle sweatshirts that I used to wear in high school all.the.time. Like I even want to remember THAT time. Barf.
I’m also semi-horrified to look myself in the eye when I see the things I used to wear a few years ago and classify as “tops.” Sorry Dad. And world.
But when it comes to clothing, shoe wear and accessories, I’m cut from the cloth that reads in big, bold print, “ohhhh but you might want to wear this SOME day.”
No. I’m sorry. I will not want to wear these knee socks SOME day. But I will take some slap bracelets if you find them.
Just to help you understand the sheer gravity of this situation, about six months ago I did a humongous clothes cleanse resulting in three of those big black garbage bags full of clothes and shoes to donate. Annnnnd those bags are still sitting in one of our spare bedrooms. I hate myself. I’ll remedy that situation today since I revealed my true colors. (Maybe.)
On top of this closet purification, I’ve also been doing other uber important tasks pertinent to spring cleaning like rearranging my Newlyweds and Sex and the City DVDs, stacking all of my old purses (to be purged later, I’m sure) in a large tupperware container under my bed, removing all the loose false eyelashes from the little dish that holds my wedding rings and categorizing my eyeshadow by color and, get this… EVENT.
The thing is, I always start these little projects of mine and get halfway through, to the point of complete and utter destruction – like you can’t even walk through through the room destruction – and then decide that I’m… bored. So I get up and do something else (read: make another gigantic mess). Like make biscuits!
Making biscuits is much more satisfying than purging closets, but in a weird sort of way. It has been decided that I just looove making biscuits. By me. Decided by me.
Which is super… weird, I know, because I wasted a good chunk of your time last week telling you that I didn’t really love bread. With a biscuit disclaimer, of course.
The only thing better than biscuits are everything biscuits. I love everything everything. Which can be interpreted in more ways than one because as I’m sure you’ve grown to understand, I’m a terrible critic. But as a sucker for anything that’s everything flavored – these light my fire. And added fontina? Yes and yes. Um, yes means yes. Even no means yes. I love… wait for it… EVERYTHING about them. Hardy har har.
These are dreamy.
Everything Fontina Biscuits
[adapted from my blue cheese biscuits which were barely adapted from bon appetit]
makes about 20 biscuits
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 1/4 cups milk
6 ounces freshly grated fontina cheese
everything topping: 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 tablespoon dried minced onion, 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds, 1/2 tablespoon poppy seeds, 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic, 1 teaspoon ground sea salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Mix dried onion, garlic, sea salt, poppy seeds and sesame seeds together in a bowl and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and soda, and whisk until combined. Using a fork, pastry blender or your hands, add butter pieces to the flour and mix until coarse little crumbles remain. Add in fontina. Pour in milk and stir with a spoon until just combined, not overmixing. Use your hands if needed to bring the dough together – I did.
Use a 1/4 cup measure to drop batter onto a nonstick baking sheet, or press dough on a sheet of parchment paper or cutting board, then using a biscuit cutter to shape the dough into rounds. Brush with melted butter, then sprinkle each biscuit with the everything topping. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown.
For real!
118 Comments on “Everything Fontina Biscuits.”
I swear we are the same person. Just the other day, I noticed I still had the bags of clothes I put together to donate (from about 3 months ago) in my spare room. Aaaand when I was working out yesterday, the shirt I had on said “2002” – um that was 10 YEARS AGO. How did I get so old?
Yum!!!! I love biscuits, but every time that I’ve ever made them they turn out flat…..am I overworking the dough?
I wish I could say for sure, but I’m honestly not familiar enough with making doughs to know the answer. Do you use baking powder?? That may be it?
Gen – you’re either overworking the dough or your baking powder is old…
Hmmm thanks for the help!!! :D I’ll check the date on my baking powder and be more careful when I’m working the biscuit dough.
Sometimes the dates are off too. I know there is a quick + easy to to test if your baking powder is still active. Give it a quick google search!
*way to test [whoops]
Looks amazing!! I am such a bread person and these babies will be perfect! I love bread that doesn’t require yeast!, That means I get to eat it quicker!
I can’t get into one of the rooms in my flat at the moment because the way is blocked by three bags of clothes I’ve been meaning to get rid of for months. One day. One day.
Cheese + biscuits = very good.
Ha – this is too funny. I have trouble getting rid of clothes too. My favorite t-shirt has about 6 tiny holes in it and I still can’t just throw it away.I might need a ratty shirt at some point – but I probably won’t. It took about 4 months after I had a few bags packed up to make it down to Goodwill and now I can never walk inside because I wouldn’t want to see my clothes in there. Ha Ha
Not sure why it’s hard for me to purge. Of my entire wardrobe, I probably haven’t touched or worn 80% in the last 5 years. Helllllllo? I need help :-)
Biscuits are probably one of my favorite foods. They bring back such good Childhood memories for me. I should really try to make my own.
MMMM – love love cheesey biscuits with wine (which, highly unfortunately Ive told myself I’m giving up for lent!?!?).
I also did a video purge the other month and threw out all my home taped Dawsons Creeks – I updated my facebook saying I’d had to do that – epxecting loads of girly support. Not ONE comment. Everyone just acted embarrassed to know me. eek.
Ha ha- you are so funny! These biscuits look so delicious, Jessica!
Ok this is hilarious, only you could put together a blog post about everything biscuits and B.U.M sweatshirts and make it sound like a normal, everyday conversation. These biscuits might just be going to my hips, err…. love handles, very soon….
I hold on to old clothes, saying they are great “for camping”. the last time I went camping? longer than I’ve had some of those clothes… and as much as I love skirts, I don’t think I’ve ever worn one camping…
Mmm BISCUITS. I’ll clean your baseboards for these.
LOL! I think we need to spend an afternoon together purging closets, watching Sex and the City, and eating these biscuits!! I’m totally feeling the urge to clear out my closet because winter clothing is getting SO boring now. I’m all about colour!! And when you get rid of old things, there’s room for new, right? ;)
i’m seriously dying…there are some things that we are NOT alike in at all. like if i haven’t worn something in 6 months it’s outta here, no questions asked. but the biscuits? i’ll take 40 please…and with extra butter
i love everything everything too! everything bagels with veggie cream cheese are a weakness. or a pork roll egg and cheese on everything. do you know pork roll? it’s a jersey thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_roll
these biscuits look awesome. i’ve never successful made homemade biscuits. i’ll have to keep trying. you post so many yummy versions.
These would make the most divine bacon, egg, and cheese sammies!
I love everything everything too! I can’t help but pick up a dozen bagels whenever I see them fresh at the store but biscuits, oh my! They look so delicious. Yummy!
Love love LOVE slap bracelets! Do you know that Target has slap bracelet watches in some crazy neon colors?? Check them out.
These are beautiful! So much better than organizing a closet.
I did a major closet purge a few months ago and it felt so good… the things I can’t seem to get rid of are the jeans X sizes too small that I keep thinking that one day will fit again. Hmm, not sure how that will happen.
Biscuits are way more fun than cleaning of any form!
Oh, these look great and I love the everything!
Sounds like you have a major task ahead, Jessica. I can’t say that I’m envious. I have to do the same with my closet, but I just look at it and walk away – just not there yet.
Fontina is my FAV!
I think what you’re trying to say is that you love ANYTHING EVERYTHING! And I do too! And my garbage bags full of clothes to donate have only been sitting here for a month and a half. Ha! Now I just need to decide if I’m going to run first or make these instead…
I went to a brunch event a few weeks ago and had bacon and fontina pancakes! I was in heaven… fotina is my cheese in 2012… last year it was kalamata goat cheese from Trader Joe’s…
I miss my NKOTB slap bracelet that my mom threw away when they had reports that they were “dangerous”….
i’m a SERIOUS purger.. like the kind of purger that everyone hates cause i throw stuff away and we need it in a month.. oops.
these biscuits look TO DIE FORRRR. making breads and biscuits scare me though..
Purging my closet is one of my favorite things to do. I get a perverse pleasure in getting rid of things-probably because it gives me the freedom to buy more.
I used to shop at American Eagle ALL the time in HS. Does it still exist?
These biscuits look amazing–I’m an everything girl too.
Oh is the guest room not the “clothes I’m going to donate someday when I’m not feeling quite so lazy or clingy” room? I was under the impression it was….
Everything anything is EVERYTHING.
I’ve been putting off cleaning out my closet forever. Thanks for giving me a recipe to make instead. ;)
I love biscuits! And I love everything bagles, I will be trying these asap!!!
A good biscuit is under-appreciated. Growing up we had some type of biscuit on the table each night with dinner. I never see that anymore. But this fontina biscuit should make up for that. I’m dying here at the thought of a few of these at my table tonight. They look so bloody delcious.
i was very sad to find out the other day that pregnant people can’t eat poppyseeds (apparently they have cocain or something in them…boo) everything bagels are one of my favorite things! saving this recipe for 6 months from now!
Man… between runny eggs and soft cheeses and wine and now poppyseeds I’m not sure I ever want to get pregnant at this point.
Great news! don’t worry, you can eat soft cheeses as long as they are pasteurized, which most are! but I’m not going to lie to you, the wine is dearly missed!
The “everything” bagel at Panera is my favorite………I bet these are AMAZING!!!
how did you do that? speak the words right out of my heart? i desperately, desperately need a closet purge but I know it’ll end up in a box in the middle of the hallway and everytime I pass by it, i’ll take a second look and pick something back out to put back into my closet. it’s a disease!! but i love everything everything too! so for today i’ll ignore that i have a huge problem and maybe make these :)
totally hear you…I have a western shirt….pearl buttons and all in my closet. It hasn’t been worn in, oh, 7 years….but I keep thinking….maybe I’ll go to a cowboy party someday.
Everything biscuits. My kiddo is a lover of the everything bagel. I think these would blow his mind.
yummm!!
I need to make these. Just for the sake of getting over my biscuit fear and why not go for broke the first time, ya know?
EVERYTHING BISCUITS!!! That is like putting my two fave flavor combos together, everything bagels, and fluffy warm biscuits? Oh my word. If you need someone to clean you base boards, i am your girl! You can pay me in these biscuits! Yes?
Yes.
Whatever you do, don’t give away your Hypercolor tshirts. Because those, I swear, will come back. I saw someone in the airport the other day wearing both a scrunchie and a banana clip. It was epic.
First fontina mashed potatoes, now these?! I want to go gnaw on a block of cheese!
Oh tell me about it! I’ve been seeing neon everywhere and I love it.
There are 3 of the BIG Macy’s plastic bags filled with clothes to donate sitting in the trunk of my car now for about 5-6 months. At least they’re out of the house..step 1!
Also, I still have soccer tournament long sleeve shirts from high school that say years like 1998 and 1999 on them. That’s like 14 years that they’ve been occupying my closet. Omg.
Are you secretly me?
Sometimes when you talk about your husband I’m convinced you’re me! ;)
As if the everything part of the biscuit was not enough, you went and added cheese! You are my hero.
Gaaaaaah. Your posts just make me laugh so much. I love it. America Eagle + The Limited?? Uh, heck yes. Hopefully you don’t still have anything around from The Limited Too though. ;) Matching scrunchie, shorts, t-shirt, and socks?? Guilty! Now give me a damn biscuit!
I love everything anything. The seedier the better. Now I just need an excuse to have a dinner party to make these, cause I don’t think I can trust myself alone with these
Good luck with your purging. I do the same thing…pull everything out and then it gets late and I need to make dinner….then I have a big pile to move when I want to get into bed…ugh.
Love Biscuits and the everything flavors – yum- the fontina is a nice little touch!
wow, these look unreal. I too love everything everything! And, I do the same exact thing with messes…I make them in the name of ‘detoxing’ and then I get bored and don’t want to finish :)
I have had the reorganizing fever lately. I got tired halfway through, fell on your post and now I’m trying your everything biscuits. They look delicious–and hopefully they give me motivation to finish!!
I love everything bagels, and I love biscuits, and I love fontina, so it would stand to reason, I am going to love these.
Ah, I do remember the slap bracelet days. I have the same closet purging problem – I will pull something out that I haven’t worn in years, but will decide to hang onto it…just in case. As in, in case I need it for a costume…or something. So bad!
Oh yes – the costume argument always wins!
The last time i made biscuits, i failed. I think I forgot to add baking powder or something, and it wasn’t fluffy. I also hate using a rolling pin, I suck at it. These look so tasty.
The biscuits look so good and those little seeds and that CHEESE. Yes, I could go for these!
Now these are a must! they would be so good as a sandwich too. Awesome recipe!
These will be a nice change of pace from my go-to lame Bisquick biscuits :)