Blue Cheese And Chive Biscuits

These are easy drop biscuits jazzed up a bit with cheese and chives.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Blend flour , sugar , baking powder , cream of tartar , and salt together in large bowl.

Add butter and mix in with pastry cutter , fingers , or two forks until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

Add cheeses and chives and blend in with fingers.

Whisk buttermilk and egg together in small bowl.

Stir into flour mixture , blending just until moistened.

Use ice cream scoop to measure out and shape dough for each biscuit.

Drop dough onto buttered and floured baking sheets two inches apart.

Bake 15 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown and toothpick inserted in center of biscuit comes out clean.

Serve warm with butter.

all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, salt, butter, sharp cheddar cheese, blue cheese, fresh chives, buttermilk, egg