Maple Bacon Biscuits
Soft, flaky, and buttery biscuits are filled with maple syrup and smoky bacon. These Maple Bacon Biscuits are salty sweet comfort food!
Servings: 10 -12 biscuits
Calories: 508kcal
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon cooked, and chopped into small pieces
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chives
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 12 tablespoons butter cold
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
For topping:
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix in the chives, cheese, and chopped bacon.
- With a cheese box grater, grate the cold butter. If you don't have a box grater, just cut it up into small pieces.
- Add the butter to the flour mixture and stir until it resembles coarse crumbs or a very soft dough.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and maple syrup.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the dough and stir until combined.
- Dump the dough onto a lightly floured mixture and slightly knead to get the dough completely combined.
- Roll out into a rectangle that is approximately 1 ½" thick.
- Using a biscuit cutter, cookie cutter, or a pizza cutter, cut out ~12 biscuits from the dough. Note: The number of biscuits will depend on how large your biscuit cutter is, but it should be between 10-12.
- Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Prior to baking, mix the melted butter and maple syrup in a small bowl.
- Brush over the biscuits before baking. There should be leftover which will be used after baking.
- Bake the biscuits in the preheated oven for 14-16 minutes, until golden brown.
- Immediately after baking brush with more of the butter/maple syrup mixture.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 508kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 720mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 730IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 218mg | Iron: 3mg