bacon biscuit bites
For those mornings when you wake up smelling bacon frying in your mind. These biscuits provide a moist cheese and bacon-flavored carrier for your favorite bacon slices (and whatever else you want to pile on the sandwich). I enjoyed mine last weekend with a dollop of homemade strawberry fig preserves. This is a way to have that great bacon flavor in the bread without chopping bacon and putting it into the dough.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Bacon lovers, these salty and sweet bacon biscuit bites are calling your name. Adding bacon grease to the dough elevates the smoky bacon flavor of the biscuits. Tender and fluffy, the biscuits are the perfect vehicle for bacon and jam. The touch of jam adds some sweetness to balance the salty bacon and biscuit. These would be great for breakfast, brunch, or even an appetizer at a party.
Ingredients
- 6 - 8 slices bacon
- 2 tablespoons bacon grease
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons lard, chilled
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
- 1 1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 1/4 cups Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 cup buttermilk
- jam or jelly, for serving
How To Make bacon biscuit bites
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Step 1Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Fry bacon and reserve 2 Tbsp of grease. -
Step 2Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Step 3Cut in the cold lard and butter with a pastry blender. It should resemble gravel and the lard and bacon should be cut down to pea-sized pieces.
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Step 4Mix the cheese into the dry ingredients.
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Step 5Pour in the buttermilk and bacon grease.
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Step 6Stir just until the dough comes together.
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Step 7Roll out to 1" thickness and cut out the biscuits with a 2" biscuit cutter.
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Step 8Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until golden brown.
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Step 9Split hot biscuits; lightly butter. Place 1/2 slice of crispy bacon between halves. Top bacon with your favorite jam or preserves. Combine halves and enjoy!
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