Recipes Bread + Dough Rolls + Buns Biscuits Crispy Biscuit Crackers Be the first to rate & review! Chef Carla Hall shared this recipe for turning leftover biscuits to make ridiculously crunchy crackers. Cut into thin slices and sprinkled with a dash of cayenne, they're a next-level addition to a cheeseboard. By Carla Hall Carla Hall Instagram Website Carla Hall first won over audiences when she competed on Bravo's Top Chef and Top Chef: All Stars and shared her philosophy to always cook with love. She believes food connects us all, and she strives to communicate this through her work, her cooking, and in her daily interactions with others.Expertise: cooking, soul food, food TV, cookbooks.Experience: Carla spent 7 years co-hosting ABC's Emmy award-winning, popular lifestyle series The Chew, and she currently brightens the mornings of millions as a Culinary Contributor to Good Morning America. Carla is featured on Food Network shows such as BakeAway Camp, Thanksgiving Baking Championship, Holiday Baking Championship, and Worst Cooks in America, as a judge and a host. She was also a judge on Netflix's Crazy Delicious. Carla hosts a podcast on the Wondery Platform, called Say Yes with Carla Hall, focused on interviews with successful people to explore how they overcame challenges and found ways to flourish. Her latest cookbook, Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration, was published in 2018, landing on best cookbook lists across the country and receiving a NAACP Image Awards nomination.Born in Nashville, Carla grew up surrounded by soul food. When the time came for her to select her career path, she first opted for a business route – she graduated from Howard University's Business School and worked as an accountant for two years – before deciding to switch gears to work as a runway model. It was during that time, as she traveled (and ate) her way through Europe for a few years, that she truly realized her deep-rooted passion for food could be her career path.Today, she is a trained chef who has worked in several professional restaurant kitchens in and around the Washington, D.C. area and is an accomplished television personality and author. In addition to being featured in numerous cookbook collections including The Chew series of cookbooks, she authored Carla's Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World and Cooking with Love: Comfort Food That Hugs You.Carla is very active with a number of charities and not-for-profit organizations that reflect her passion for causes close to her heart. She is on the board of trustees for Helen Keller International, Pajama Program, GenYouth, and 4H. The thread which runs through all of these things is advocating for the physical and mental well-being of children.Carla lives in D.C. with her husband, Matthew Lyons. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Published on October 15, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Torie Cox Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 50 mins Servings: 6 Ingredients 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened 6 leftover Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste Directions Preheat oven to 400°F. Spread butter evenly on a large rimmed baking sheet. Using a serrated knife, cut biscuits, top to bottom, into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange slices 1/2 inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle evenly with salt and cayenne. Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are light golden brown, 10 to 14 minutes. Remove from oven, and carefully flip each slice. Return to oven, and continue baking until both sides are golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool completely on baking sheet, about 20 minutes. —Carla Hall Make Ahead Crackers can be made 2 days ahead and stored in an airtight container. Rate it Print