Garlic Cheddar Biscuits

I'm really mourning the loss of natural light these days. My photos, which were never that great to begin with, are really suffering from the lack of daylight. I'm thinking it might be time to invest in a light box.

Anyway, on to the biscuits. I admit to loving the Garlic Cheddar Biscuits at Red Lobster. I have very fond memories of going there as a kid with my grandma. It was a special treat and I would eat a bunch of these biscuits with my Caesar salad. Yum!


I used a white cheddar because that's what we had on hand, but I wish I'd thought to buy yellow cheddar for the picture. I guess I'll just have to make these again and retake the photo. Oh darn.

Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
Sugared Whisk

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 oz sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (for topping)
4 tablespoons butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
Seasoned or garlic salt, to taste

Adjust oven rack upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or grease for easy removal of biscuits.

Whisk together flour, cheddar cheese, sugar, baking powder, salt, and garlic in a medium bowl. Add milk and stir until ingredients are mixed, be careful not to over mix. At this point the dough should be fairly sticky but not runny or dry. Add more flour or milk as needed to achieve desired consistency.

Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet with a large cookie scoop (about 2 tablespoons worth of dough). Top each biscuit with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to brown.

In a small bowl, melt the butter along with the garlic and parsley in the microwave. Brush tops with garlic butter mixture and sprinkle with garlic salt to taste.

Makes 12 biscuits

Terrific Under Ten Tuesday #32

WELCOME TO TERRIFIC UNDER TEN TUESDAY!

Where we show off our creative thrifty side for $10 or less!
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Here are a few projects featured from last week's party!

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Saved!

"Saved!"  -- The word conjures up a variety of images: money put back for a rainy day, a drowning person being pulled onto a life raft, a manager catching a significant error that would cost his company thousands of dollars.

To non-believers, the word can be mistaken to solely mean "rescued from Hell".  Being rescued, or saved, from Hell is indeed a wonderful thing, but as I read Sinclair Ferguson's thoughts today, I was reminded --that is really not the whole picture of this word "saved".

In his book, The Christian Life, Ferguson writes that the salvation of God affects believers, and saves us, in these ways:

• We are being saved from the distortion & disfiguring of sin.  Though we are sinners by nature, God's salvation makes us a new creation.  Over the course of our lives, God transforms us (sanctification) so that we look more and more like Jesus.  This does not mean that we achieve perfection, but that as we spend years abiding in Christ, our Potter shapes us and softens us to reflect the image of God.
• We are saved from the dominion of sin.  The Bible tells us we were once slaves to sin, but now we are slaves of Christ.  We like to use the word "servant", but really, the word "slave" is a more accurate translation.  As believers, we are bought with a price, and become Christ's bondservant.  And the beautiful irony is this: by becoming slaves, "we may live freely for God."  We are purchased from the darkness and enslaved to live in the light!
• We are saved from the power of Satan.  There is a real and present enemy, and he seeks to devour us like a lion seeks to consume his prey.  In Christ, we are freed from Satan's grasp, and while he still seeks to harm us, he cannot claim us as his own, because we belong to Christ alone.
• We are saved from the real, and terrifying, wrath of God.  In this present age, it is considered a social faux pas to talk about God's wrath, even in church.  Many people believe that the fact that "God is love" overrides his other character qualities.  But while our Father is loving, He is also just and righteous, and our sin deserves his wrath.  When we are hidden in Christ, our sin is also hidden in Christ.  His perfect nature transforms our unworthiness; His sacrifice covers us and makes us fit to enter the presence of God.  The people of Israel had an ever-present picture of God's holiness as only one priest, after ritual cleanings and sacrifices, could enter God's presence one time each year.  The opportunity to be in God's presence, and make requests of Him, was a rare-- and frightening-- proposition because of the reality of God's wrath.  Being in God's presence is only possible if God's wrath over sin has been satisfied by a perfect sacrifice-- which was done, once for all, in Christ.

I am so thankful for the way truth and doctrine ultimately lead to hope and confidence in God.  Being "saved" is such a beautiful truth-- not just a word, and not just salvation from some eternal destiny, but a current, present gift that affects every day of every believer in Christ!