Savory Italian Biscuit Cups
A few simple ingredients come together for a delightfully easy entree – great for dinner, lunch, meal prep or parties! These are the perfect combination of savory flavors – think breadsticks dunked in meaty bolognese sause and then dipped in melted cheese!
Savory Italian Biscuit Cups
These Savory Italian Biscuit Cups work well as an entree for dinner, for snacks, or even for appetizers! They are also fabulous for lunches, too! Think graduation parties, summer barbecues, church potlucks – you name it!
You can make these easily in advance as a freezer meal, and then finish them off just before you are ready to eat, with only a few minutes’ effort. And because they are individually portioned, they work well for small families (one or two people) or large families alike!
These biscuit cups are like a delicious combo of breadsticks dunked in hearty bolognese sauce and melted cheese! My kids love them because they can pick them up and eat them without utensils, and hey, what kid doesn’t like finger food, right?
You’re going to want to make sure you buy the “flaky” biscuit variety for these. I really recommend going with the Pillsbury Grands! brand. I know they are more expensive, but I haven’t had as good of luck with store varieties. The “flaky” part is important – it is what will allow you to split each biscuit easily into two thinner halves.
To make the biscuit cups, you’re going to open your can of biscuits, separate them out, and then take each biscuit and pull it apart into two halves. You’ll notice there are lots of little layers in each biscuit – it doesn’t have to be perfect, just hold the biscuit in one hand, put your thumbnails about halfway up the side of the biscuit, and begin pulling the layers apart until you have a top half and a bottom half.
Then take each biscuit half, and flatten into a circle about 4 or 5 inches in diameter. Press the dough circles into each cup of a prepared muffin tray and press into bottom and along sides. Then fill with your meat mixture and bake.
To freeze, allow biscuit cups to cool and then package for freezing. When you’re ready to make them to eat, let them thaw, arrange on a baking sheet, then top with additional mozzarella cheese and bake for 5-10 minutes until the cheese on top is melted and bubbly. Sprinkle with a little bit of dried parsley, or more Italian seasoning, and you’re good to go!
You can also skip the freezing and instead make these up for immediate use. That works too, and I promise I won’t judge you for not turning this into a freezer meal. 😉 These work well for meal-prep and lunches even if you don’t do them as a freezer meal. They will hold for several days in the refrigerator, if they last that long!
And if Italian isn’t quite your thing, I’ve got two other varieties coming up – Barbecue Beef Biscuit Cups and Pepperoni Pizza Biscuit Cups!!
Be sure to print the recipe and then pin it to your easy dinner or freezer meal Pinterest boards!
A few simple ingredients come together for a delightfully easy entree - great for dinner, lunch, meal prep or parties! These are the perfect combination of savory flavors - think breadsticks dunked in meaty bolognese sause and then dipped in melted cheese! Nutrition information provided as an estimate only.
Savory Italian Biscuit Cups
Ingredients
Instructions
To eat now:
To freeze for later:
To prepare after freezing:
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8
Serving Size: 2 biscuit cups
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 292Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 615mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 23g
Delton
Thursday 28th of June 2018
If your spliting each bisquit in half would'nt the recipe make 16 instead of 8
Candi
Thursday 28th of June 2018
Yes, it will make 16 biscuit cups. They aren't super big, so I figured a serving size of 2 biscuit per person was more realistic. So 16 biscuits, 2 per person, for 8 servings. I'll go in and clarify that in the recipe card - I didn't realize I had not stated that for the servings - oops! Thank you for pointing this out!