GBBO Challenge Week 2: Cheddar Biscuits with Garlic and Chives

Last week, the Great British Bake Off was all about biscuits. Savory, sweet and notoriously difficult. Honestly, I didn't have to think twice about which challenge I was going to choose for my GBBO post as florentines are so, SO difficult to make! Maybe that should've been a reason to make them anyway, but what can I say: I'm lazy sometimes. Instead, I went for the signature challenge. I started off with the idea of making a biscuit based on Frisian "Riperkrite" cheese, which is flavored with garlic, chives and celery leaves. But as celery leaves are difficult to incorporate into biscuits I went with this Anglo-French combination instead! 

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