Tillamook Smoked Cheddar Biscuits With Crisp Bacon and Apricots

Submitted by Julesong

"Oregon is well-known for it's delicious Tillamook cheeses! Here's a tasty and easy recipe featuring smoked cheddar from the Tillamook recipe contest in 2001, and submitted by Patty Cheng, Mountain View, California."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 8-10 snack size portions

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
• 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces (can use Tillamook brand)
• 5 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 1⁄3 cup chopped dried apricot
• 3⁄4 cup tillamook smoked cheddar cheese, shredded & chilled
• 3⁄4 cup buttermilk (can use Tillamook brand)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. In a large electric mixer with paddle attachment, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and white pepper.
3. Add cold butter pieces and mix until flour mixture has a coarse meal texture.
4. Add the bacon, apricots, and smoked cheddar cheese and mix until well-combined.
5. On low speed, gradually add the buttermilk and mix until a dough is formed.
6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured board and gently knead 8 times.
7. Pat or roll out the dough to 1-inch thick, and use a biscuit or cookie cutter to cut the biscuits (re-gathering and re-rolling as necessary to use up the dough).
8. Place on a lightly-greased and floured baking sheet, and bake at 425 degrees F on the middle oven rack for 15 minutes and biscuit tops are golden.

Reviews

[luvnisa187]

Very easy to make and tasty. These were also good the next day after being reheated in the microwave for 15 seconds.

 

[CHandGreeson]

We loved these biscuits! They were delicious and good cold, too. Perfect for a breakfast with eggs; I staged the dough, preparing dry ingredients and chilling until just before baking.