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Bacon Onion Cheese Biscuits

Source of Recipe

Posted to Recipe Circus by Stella


Recipe Introduction

"These are absolutely wonderful for accompanying any meal, but if made one-third or one-quarter size (watch them carefully in the oven), they are a terrific little appetizer."

List of Ingredients

◦  2 cups flour
◦  1 tablespoon baking powder
◦  ½ tsp salt
◦  ½ cup shortening
◦  1 cup milk (plus less 1 tablespoon)
◦  ½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
◦  ¼ cup green onions, finely chopped
◦  4 slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled


Recipe

Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender. Add the milk, cheese, chopped onion and crumbled bacon, blending quickly, just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will result.

Turn the dough out on a floured board. Flour your hands and knead the dough 3 or 4 times. Important: Do not overhandle biscuit dough.

Roll or pat to a ½-inch thickness. Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter. For soft-sided biscuits, place close together on a lightly greased baking sheet or in a lightly greased cast iron skillet (vegetable cooking spray works just fine). For biscuits that are crusty all around, place about an inch apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450° F for 12 to 15 minutes.


Makes about 12 biscuits