Tillamook Smoked Cheddar Biscuits With Crisp Bacon and Apricots
- 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
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large electric mixer with paddle attachment, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and white pepper.
- Add cold butter pieces and mix until flour mixture has a coarse meal texture.
- Add the bacon, apricots, and smoked cheddar cheese and mix until well-combined.
- On low speed, gradually add the buttermilk and mix until a dough is formed.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured board and gently knead 8 times.
- 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).
- 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.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Julesong
Tukwila, 87
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