Ham Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches

Ham Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches. Leftovers you'll love to wake up to! An amazing comfort food breakfast to be enjoyed after a baked ham dinner.

Originally published on Sept 30, 2011.

With the weekend on the horizon, here's a timely recipe variation that provides the basis for fantastic breakfast sandwiches for your weekend brunch.

Many recipes for cheese biscuits call for grated cheese but I find the strands of cheese can toughen the tender biscuit dough.

Instead I dice the cheese into very small cubes which do not interfere with the tender biscuit, instead melting in little pockets within the biscuit to provide a more cheesy punch. 

I had some leftover thinly sliced Mustard and Brown Sugar Glazed Ham from a dinner earlier in the week, that I lightly fried to add to these sandwiches but bacon, sausage, or back bacon are also excellent.

My scrambled egg for this sandwich is pretty standard but for extra richness I love to add 1 teaspoon sour cream per egg whisked into the egg mixture.

I also sometimes add a little crushed chili sauce to the eggs for a spicy kick and sometimes a little finely minced garlic for extra flavour.

Roasted red peppers are also one of my preferred additions to a good breakfast sandwich.

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Ham Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches

Yield: 10 biscuit sandwiches

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Ham Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches - Leftovers you'll love to wake up to; an amazing comfort food breakfast to be enjoyed after a baked ham dinner.

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Ingredients

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• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 6 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon very cold vegetable shortening, cut in small cubes (I store mine in the freezer)
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon very cold salted butter, cut in small cubes
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, diced small
• ¼ cup chopped fresh chives
• 2 cups buttermilk, or mix 2 cups milk & 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar

You will also need:

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• Thin sliced, lightly fried baked ham
• scrambled or fried eggs

Instructions

1. Makes about 10 three inch biscuits
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
3. In a food processor, blend together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
4. Pulse in the shortening and butter.
5. Do not over incorporate the shortening and butter into the flour. Similar to making a flaky pastry, small pieces of butter should be visible in the flour.
6. Transfer this mixture from the food processor into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center.
7. Toss in the cheddar and chives. and then pour in the buttermilk.
8. Working very quickly with a wooden spoon, fold the dry mixture through the buttermilk, only until the flour disappears, then stop immediately.
9. Drop the sticky dough onto a well floured counter top or bread board. Sprinkle the top of the dough with additional flour as well as flouring your hands to handle the dough.
10. I don't even use a rolling pin for these biscuits, the dough is soft enough to pat it out gently with floured hands to a thickness of about 1 & ½ inches.
11. Using a sharp 3 inch or larger biscuit cutter cut the biscuits out an place them, almost touching, on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Alternatively, you can cut the dough into three or for inch squares with a sharp knife. I recommend aluminum baking sheets because they tolerate the higher oven temperature without burning the bottom of the biscuits.
12. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits are evenly golden brown.

Nutrition Information

Yield

10

Serving Size

10 biscuit sandwiches
Amount Per Serving Calories 364Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 56mgSodium 723mgCarbohydrates 44gFiber 1gSugar 3gProtein 17g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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