This week's Tuesdays with Dorie was selected by Jennifer of Cooking for Comfort: basic biscuits. I've never had great luck with biscuits on a consistent basis - it's pretty hit or miss. Sometimes they're light and fluffy, other times they're dense little hockey pucks. I rarely crave them so outside of baking groups, I don't make them very often, which probably doesn't help. It's been so warm here that we've been grilling a lot. With Shane outside handling most of the dinner prep, I was freed up to make these biscuits to accompany our meal one night recently.
A fluffy biscuit is good, but you know what's even better? A fluffy biscuit loaded with bacon, cheese and scallions :) I thought they'd be a fun change of pace, and I knew Shane would be stoked about the bacon and cheese. He wasn't as keen on the scallions, but I love them, so we compromised and I just sliced up one to throw in. I added 4 slices of bacon, which I'd cooked and crumbled, as well as a heaping 1/2 cup of cheese. Rather than cutting the butter in with a pastry cutter, I grated it on the large holes of my box grater. I froze the butter before grating, and then stuck it back in the freezer while I prepped the rest of the recipe. It was super easy to toss with the dry ingredients after it was grated, that's definitely a trick I'll use in the future. Rather than use a biscuit cutter to make nice round biscuits, I just sliced mine into wedges giving them more of a scone look.
I peeked into the oven to see the biscuits rising and layers developing so that was the first good sign. When we dug in, they were just as light and fluffy as I'd hoped they'd be. They were great with dinner, but I'd also eat them for breakfast. Shane suggested more bacon and cheese next time, and I think I agree. Many thanks to Jennifer for hosting this week! She shared the recipe for the biscuits on her blog today, or you can find it on page 21 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
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I will check out the link to Jennifer. I really want to know what makes the biscuits fluffy as opposed to dense. Congrats on getting it right.
I have the same hit or miss issue with biscuits. I pretty much stick with Bisquick these days because I've gotten so bad at them. I love love love the addition of scallions - how can your husband NOT like them?! Crazy!
Great ingredients to be put into a biscuit. Can it qualify as dinner all on it's own?
A light fluffy biscuit is tasty, but those add ins make these addictive. These would be a hit at our house-great post.
Oh man, these look so good! Love all the ingredients!
Oh I would love to have one of those right now for my mid-morning snack. Love the additions you made.
What a fun way to jazz up a biscuit! Im sure they tasted wonderful. I could so eat mine with chilli!
Tracey, you're right...a fluffy biscuit is better when it's loaded with bacon, cheese and scallions! Good for you on the green onion compromise. Maybe one day Shane will come around.
I love that you cut them like scones seems more rustic somehow to me. They sound fantastic and you had me at bacon and cheese!
You know, I had thought about adding pepperoni to mine since I had seen a pepperoni roll recently. I'm still perfecting my biscuit technique so I think I need more practice before I get creative.
What a great recipe for one of my favorite kinds of biscuits! I can just see this now on the side of a creamy soup or spicy chili. Thanks for sharing, Tracey!
These look amazing, Tracey - I love this combo in bread! :)
Ooh, so yummy! I'm definitely making this version when I get a chance.
Tracy, this is one of my favorite ways to make bread... with the bacon, cheese and scallions. Thanks so much for posting this! It looks fabulous. And now I want biscuits. :-D
LOVE the add ins!
Your biscuits look BEAUTIFUL! Love the scone shape!
Thanks for baking along with me this week!
I do love a good biscuit and it's getting to be that type of weather in Toronto when you don't mind turning on the oven! Nice combo of flavours.
A great way to have breakfast! I've made scones similar to these.
**Great tip to add in more bacon flavor:
Save the fat from frying the bacon and refrigerate. Cut it (some or all of it, your choice) into the batter as you would butter or lard.
Use the biscuit as the base of the best egg sandwich ever created. Mmmm! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
These look and sound wonderful! I don't get too excited about biscuits, but I could if they had bacon and cheese in them!
LOve biscuits made this way. And have done Dorie's like this before. But even plain they are delicious. ANd those do look tasty.
That's the way to eat a biscuit! They look great and I like that you cut them in wedges. I also like the idea of eating them for breakfast. :)
My husband saw this picture and said, "That looks yummy!" :) That says a lot because he sees a lot of food pictures around here. :)
Oh, boy, these biscuits look amazing! They'd be excellent with chili...or any soup for that matter!
Oh wow - I want one now, at 10 am! Perfect for soup and chili when the weather turns cold again.
Oh man - these look to die for Tracey!
These sound so good! I mean can you go wrong with bacon and cheddar in any way! ALMOST (ignore the bacon) reminds me of Red Lobster's biscuits!
I love your additions. Perfect for breakfast or dinner. They look so good Tracey.
Great additions way better than a basic biscuit.
Looks delicious...am sure Dorie would approve whole heartedly!
Love that you made these hopped up in flavor and to look like scones.
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