Cheddar Chive And Bacon Biscuits

Cheddar Biscuits with Chives and Sir Francis Bacon are the suitable, prep-ahead side dish for all of your brunches, showers, and Spring celebrations! The smooth recipe handiest requires 15 minutes of prep, so you can bake the biscuits on a Sunday morning to experience along with your omelet, or stash them in the freezer for a later date!

This recipe become inspired by way of my buddy Margeaux, who's one in every of my favorite recipe sharers! She loves to prepare dinner as an awful lot as I do, and she’s complete of great ideas (remember her extremely good coleslaw?!).

INGREDIENTS :

• 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
• ¼ cup diced cooked bacon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 ounces cheddar cheese grated
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup (1/2 stick) very cold butter
• ¾ cup whole milk or cream, plus more as needed

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Preheat oven to 450°F/230°C.
2. In a small bowl, toss together cheese, chives, and bacon with 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Use a pastry cutter or two forks to cut in butter (or see note below about using a box grater with frozen butter).
4. Add milk and stir just enough to bring the ingredients together. This should make a soft, sticky dough. If the dough seems too dry, continue adding a splash of milk or cream to the bowl until the dough becomes sticky and forms a ball. Don't worry -- the dough will be less sticky and will come together nicely when it's kneaded on the flour surface and that extra flour is incorporated. 
5. Gently fold in the cheese mixture.
6. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for about 1 minute.
7. Pat or roll out dough to ¾-inch thickness.
8. Cut into rounds (I used a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter, but a juice glass will also work!).
9. For crisp biscuits, place far apart on an ungreased baking sheet. For fluffier biscuits, place them close together (touching) on an ungreased baking sheet.
10. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown on top.

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