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Bacon cheddar chive biscuits

A super simple, light and flaky buttermilk biscuit full of bacon, cheese and chives.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Author Katie Beck

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ tablespoon of sugar this helps balance all the saltiness from the bacon and cheese
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons of baking powder
  • pinch of salt just a teeny bit
  • 1 ½ cups of buttermilk chilled in the freezer for about 15 minutes
  • 12 tablespoons of unsalted butter melted
  • 4 slices of cooked bacon chopped,
  • ½ cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese plus a little to sprinkle on top of the biscuits
  • ¼ cup finely chopped chives or herb of your choice

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 and have a rack in the center of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
  • In a bowl mix together the four, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, pinch of salt, bacon, cheese and chives. Pour your melted butter into the buttermilk and stir together with a fork. You will see tiny bits of butter chunk up in there. It will look gross, but this is exactly what you want, so just squeeze your eyes shut - lol.
  • Add the buttermilk/butter to the dry ingredients and combine with a spatula until incorporated. Not too much though, you don't want a tough dough.
  • Lay out on a floured counter and knead into a disk of dough that is about ½-3/4 inch thick. Cut your biscuits, using a biscuit cutter or round glass. Or if you want, use a pizza cutter and cut into squares. You just want all the same size so they bake evenly at the same time.
  • Put them on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Open oven and sprinkle with extra shredded cheese, if you want and continue baking another five to eight minutes. Let cool a little it before enjoying.