Apparently this is a very widely sought recipe. Just a disclaimer, I did not come up with this on my own, but rather found it online a while back when a news show did a special on Red Lobster and they shared the recipe. When I did a search today to see if I could find it again, it was gone! There are many, many other recipes out there that people claim to be the right one, but by looking at them I can tell they are not them same. This recipe calls for whole milk, but I just use skim, since that's what's in the fridge, and it works just fine.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups Bisquick baking mix
4 tablespoons cold butter
1 heaping cup grated Cheddar cheese
3/4 cup cold whole milk
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Brush on Top
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
pinch salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine Bisquick with cold butter in a medium bowl using a pastry cutter or a large fork. You don't want to mix too thoroughly. There should be small chunks of butter in there that are about the size of peas. (If you don't have a pastry cutter, it helps to cut the butter up smaller to start with). Add Cheddar cheese, milk, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic. Mix by hand until combined, but don't over mix.
3. Drop approximately 1/4-cup portions of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet using an ice cream scoop. (It's important to drop the dough onto the sheet rather than balling it. If you flatten the dough too much, the biscuits are not as light and fluffy). Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to turn light brown.
4. When you take the biscuits out of the oven, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl in the microwave. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and the dried parsley flakes. Use a brush to spread this garlic butter over the tops of all the biscuits. Use up all of the butter. Makes about a dozen biscuits.
