It seems to come out of nowhere. Perhaps I got a whiff of vinegar or pepper or just chicken. It’s hard to tell. All I know is that I am suddenly craving buffalo chicken wings. Can you relate?

I address this in a few different ways. Sometimes I’ll go get wings at Broadway Brewhouse – simple enough. Or I might make a Buffalo Chicken Pizza, or just add some Frank’s hot sauce to roasted chicken. On this day, though, I tried something different. Something new. Something that took the Buffalo Chicken experience to a whole new level. I made Buffalo Blue Cheese Biscuits with Creamy Buffalo Chicken Filling.

Where did this biscuit recipe come from?

I made up the biscuit recipe and was really happy that the balance of flavors turned out the way I wanted. The filling is a Hungry Girl recipe for Buffalo Chicken Dip. It was perfect on the biscuit, adding a bit more spice and a creaminess that complemented the fluffy, tangy biscuit.

Why choose this biscuit recipe?

I had seen recipes for blue cheese biscuits and I had seen a recipe for biscuits made with Frank’s Red Hot sauce and parmesan cheese. I was shocked that I could not find a recipe that combined the hot sauce and the blue cheese, so decided to create my own.

What is persnickety about this biscuit recipe?

Honestly, this was one of the simplest recipes I’ve made so far. I already had grated butter waiting in the freezer and I bought blue cheese that was already crumbled. The only tricky thing was that I tried making the dough a bit more wet and then adding flour to even it out. That seemed to work well. The dough stayed soft and I believe the biscuits were more moist as a result.

So how was the biscuit?

Forgive me for my lack of modesty, but I think I truly captured the Buffalo Chicken Wing experience in a biscuit. The blue cheese and touch of ranch dressing offset the heat of the hot sauce, and the added celery seed even approximated the celery that is usually served with wings. I took these to book club and think the hot filling helped to keep the biscuits tasting fresh. How were the leftovers prepared?

There were a few left that had filling already in them, so I microwaved them briefly and that worked well. I had also put several biscuits into the freezer – before baking. I later took them out, thawed them overnight, let them rest at room temperature for a few minutes, then baked them. They did not rise quite as much as the fresh dough, but were still really good. I served those with honey butter and was delighted to find out how well the honey butter complemented the hot sauce and blue cheese.

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Buffalo Blue Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients:
3 cups White Lily self-rise flour
1 tsp. Celery seed
3 T. sugar
1/4 cup butter, frozen
1 cup blue cheese crumbles
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Mix the first three dry ingredients.
3. Grate frozen butter.
4. Add butter to dry ingredients and toss to coat butter pieces with flour. You do not need to “cut in” the butter at this point.
5. Add cheese and toss to coat.
6. Whisk buttermilk, hot sauce, and yogurt in a small bowl until combined.
7. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk mixture. Mix quickly with large spoon or hands, turning bowl and gently scooping the dry ingredients into the wet. Add more buttermilk, if needed, to make dough moist but not too wet. It will be somewhat sticky.
8. Sprinkle flour onto countertop or pastry board. Dump dough out of bowl onto flour. Sprinkle flour onto dough and rub onto hands. Knead a few times. Press dough together and flatten to about 1/2 inch. Fold dough in half. A pastry scraper can be really helpful here to lift up the dough.
9. Transfer dough to parchment paper. Press out to about 1/2 inch. Make into a rough rectangular shape. Using a pastry scraper, knife, spatula or other edge, cut dough into squares about 1 1/2 inches across. You do not need to move the dough after cutting.
10. Put cookie sheet in oven and bake for 15 minutes, until tops of biscuits are slightly browned. If you wish, take the biscuits out of the oven a couple of minutes before they are done and brush the tops of the biscuits with butter, then return them to the oven.
11. Remove from oven, let rest a few minutes, then break apart and eat!
12. Share with someone you love.