Healthy Cheddar Bay Biscuit Copycat Recipe

If you’ve been to Red Lobster, you know why everyone goes. No, it’s not the lobster. This Healthy Cheddar Bay biscuit copycat recipe will remind you of the true reason everyone loves Red Lobster!

Healthy Cheddar Bay Biscuit Copycat Recipe

BLUE PLAN: 1 point

GREEN PLAN: 1 point

PURPLE PLAN: 1 point

Why does Weight Watchers work so well? Because nothing is off-limits. If you want to eat cheesy, butter covered biscuits, you can. Now I’m a bit stingy with my points so I like making my biscuits at home, but as long as you have the points for it… you can eat anything!

Even if you only get 23 points a day, this copycat Cheddar Bay biscuit recipe will fit right in.

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Weight Watchers Cheddar Bay Biscuits

I was on the hunt for the perfect Cheddar Bay biscuit. The ones from Red Lobster are 6 points each (EEK!), and all of the copycat recipes I found were either made with 2-ingredient dough (which I love making but I wanted to try something different), or were 3-4 points each. And who eats just one cheesy garlic biscuit? I knew I could make them fewer points, but how? Using skim milk and low-fat pancake mix is key.

POINTS: 1 Freestyle SmartPoint per serving, 20 Freestyle SmartPoints for the entire batch of 16 biscuits.

How to Make Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits

You can make these biscuits in the oven or in the Air Fryer. I used my Ninja Foodi because the oven takes way too long. I’d at least double the time for the oven.

I tried three different ways to cook these in the Foodi:

The first batch, I used a wire rack. Sprayed it with pan spray so it didn’t stick, but some of the biscuit mix fell through the holes so they didn’t come out perfectly. If you use a wire rack, cover it in foil first. This is the way I recommend baking your biscuits. If you don’t have a wire rack, use this mini pan. It works well.

The second batch, I cooked in these silicone baking cups. They turned out doughy on the bottom, so I pulled them out, flipped each biscuit over, and cooked for 5 more minutes. I tried the silicone baking cups again, this time on top of the wire rack. I had to add 2 minutes to the cooking time but they worked out well. This is a great method to use if you have the baking cups.

The last batch, I actually turned into a pizza. I’ll have that recipe up soon!

Points breakdown:

Bisquick: 13 Freestyle SmartPoints for 1 cup
Skim Milk: 3 Freestyle SmartPoints for 1 cup
Baking powder: 0 Freestyle SmartPoints
Fat-Free Cheese: 2 Freestyle SmartPoints for 1 cup (17 points for regular!!)
Fat-free margarine: 1 Freestyle SmartPoint for 4 Tablespoons

What to Serve Biscuits With

There are so many unbelievably delicious meals you can serve biscuits with. Here are some low point, Weight Watchers friendly options I’ve come up with:

Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Soup – 4 Freestyle SmartPoints

Beef Stew – 6 Freestyle SmartPoints

Caramelized Onion Soup – 1 Freestyle SmartPoint

Baked Potato Soup – 6 Freestyle SmartPoints

Turkey Meatball Soup – 0 Freestyle SmartPoints

Chicken Wild Rice Soup – 2 Freestyle SmartPoints

Black Bean Sweet Potato Chili – 3 Freestyle SmartPoints

Weight Watchers Chili – 0 Freestyle SmartPoints

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