“Cooking is fun, but baking is even more fun.” With that mantra, Ms. Wanjau, a Diet and Nutrition teacher at Woodbridge High School, shared her Garlic Cheese Bread recipe with The Barron Perspective.

The recipe, according to Ms. Wanjau, almost tastes the same as the biscuits offered at Red Lobster. She received the recipe from a cooking teacher who retired twelve years ago.

Garlic Cheese Bread is now a staple in her Basic Foods curriculum because students enjoy the finished product. Ms. Wanjau said that almost anyone, no matter their cooking skill level, should be able to cook this recipe.

Garlic Cheese Bread

• 2 cups of flour
• 4 teaspoons of baking powder
• 2 teaspoons of garlic powder, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules divided
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 cup butter milk (measure 1 cup fresh milk, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice, stir, then let sit for 2 minutes)
• 2 T.Butter or margarine, melted

1. Preheat Oven to 450 degrees
2. Lightly grease a baking sheet with shortening
3. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, 1tsp. garlic powder, baking soda, and 1/2tsp bouillon
4. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs
5. Add cheese
6. Stir in buttermilk until moistened
7. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the greased baking sheets
8. Bake at 450 for 8 minutes
9. Combine the butter with the remaining garlic powder and the bouillon and brush it over the biscuits
10. Bake for 4 more minutes or until golden brown