Best Black Pepper Bacon Biscuits Recipes

BLACK PEPPER AND BACON DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cut bacon in half lengthwise and then crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces; fry in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5-7 minutes. Transfer pieces to a paper towel and cool.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 475ºF. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in bacon pieces.
• In a medium bowl, combine cold buttermilk and 8 tablespoons melted butter, stirring until butter forms small clumps.
• ***This may look like a mistake, but it's one of the secrets of this recipe. The clumps of butter are similar to small bits of cold butter in biscuits prepared by the traditional method. As the butter melts during baking, the steam helps the biscuits rise and gives them a light and fluffy interior.
• Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir until just incorporated and batter pulls away from sides of bowl.
• Using a 1/4-cup dry measure, scoop level amounts of batter and drop onto baking sheet (biscuits should measure about 2 1/4-inches in diameter and 1 1/4-inch high). Space biscuits 1 1/2-inces apart.
• Bake until the tops are golden brown and crisp, 12-14 minutes.
• Remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.
• Bring on the gravy!
• ### Other variations - omit the bacon and pepper and add:.
• Cheddar Scallion - 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions.
• Parmesan Rosemary- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese and 1/2 teaspoons finely minced rosemary.

BACON, ROSEMARY AND BLACK PEPPER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450ºF.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Stir in bacon. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir with fork just until mixture forms soft dough.
• Place dough on lightly floured surface; knead 20 times or until smooth and no longer sticky.
• Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into 16 rounds with 2-inch cookie cutter, re-rolling scraps as necessary. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheet.
• Bake 10 min. or until golden brown.

BLACK PEPPER BACON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large bowl, add in the flour and add the cubed butter into the flour, then the cream cheese into the mixture with a pastry cutter or mixing with your hands quickly until it looks like little pea sized crumbles and some flour. Add in the black pepper and the bacon.
• Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the buttermilk and mix together with your hands. Flour the mixture just enough to separate the dough from the bowl. Flour a flat surface and dump the dough onto the surface.
• Flour a rolling pin and roll the dough out to ½ inch thickness in a rectangle. Cut the biscuits into 2 inch by 2 inch squares.
• Place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet so that the sides are touching, but not snugly pressed against each other Brush the tops of the biscuits with butter, and sprinkle the salt and pepper topping. Bake 15-17 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.