Goat Cheese & Chive Biscuits

Makes about 12 biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp very cold butter
• 4 oz herbed goat cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup whole milk
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1/2 cup chopped chives
• 1 egg + 1 tbsp water for egg wash

Directions:

1. Add flour, baking powder, salt and butter into a bowl. Using a pastry cutter, cut butter until size of peas into flour.
2. Combine the rest of ingredients and form a soft dough. Do not over-work the dough.
3. Preheat oven to 400F.
4. Generously dust surface and rolling pin with some flour.
5. Roll out dough to preferred thickness and cut out rounds with a biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
6. Lightly brush on some egg wash and bake biscuits for 15 minutes.
7. Serve biscuits warm.