These tasty biscuits can be started the night before. First bacon is cooked in the oven and chopped. Then dough is made with flour, baking powder and baking soda that butter is cut into. Next, eggs and buttermilk are mixed before adding the cooked bacon. The dough rests for an hour or overnight. Biscuits are cut and brushed with an egg wash. The biscuits are baked until golden
Course
Breakfast, Brunch
Prep Time50minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Chilling Time1hour30minutes
Servings20biscuits
Ingredients
1lbpeppered bacon
4cupsself rising flourplus more for work surface
2tbspbaking powder
1tspbaking soda
¾lb(3 sticks) cold salted butter, cut into ½ inch cubes
2large eggswhisked
1large egg for brushing
1 ½ to 2cupsbuttermilkor as needed, plus 1 tbsp for brushing
4ozcheddar cheesegrated (1 cup)
4ozwhite cheddar cheesegrated (1 cup)
¼cupminced chives
Instructions
Line sheet pan with parchment paper, lay bacon on top. Place in oven while preheats to 400 F and bake for a total of 20 minutes. Blot grease from bacon with paper towels. Dice.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add the butter and use a pastry blender to cut the butter until pea size.
Use a wooden spoon to stir in the 2 eggs until combined. Stir in 1 ½ cups of the buttermilk until the dough comes together into a sticky mass. If not sticky enough add more buttermilk, 1 tbsp at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the diced bacon, cheeses and chives until well incorporated, do not over mix. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Press dough into large round roughly 14 inches across.
Line baking sheet with parchment. Use a 3 ½ inch biscuit cutter to out 20 rounds. Transfer biscuits to lined pan, arranging them so they all are touching.
In a small dish, whisk the remaining 1 egg and 1 tbsp buttermilk. Brush mixture over biscuits. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly in the pan on a rack.
Recipe Notes
If freezing: once biscuits are shaped, place on baking sheet so they are not touching. Freeze until solid. Transfer to a bag and freeze up to 2 weeks. Don’t need to thaw before baking.