Bacon Onion Cheese Biscuits
2 Cup Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
½ Cup Shortening
1 Cup Milk (less 1 Tablespoon)
½ Cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
¼ Cup Green onions, finely chopped
4 Slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
Preheat oven to 450 F.
Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry
blender. Add the milk, cheese, chopped onion and crumbled bacon, blending
quickly, just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will
result.
Turn the dough out on a floured board. Flour your hands and knead the dough
3 or 4 times. Important: Do not overhandle biscuit dough.
Roll or pat to a ½−inch thickness. Cut with a 2−inch biscuit cutter. For
soft−sided biscuits, place close together on a lightly greased baking sheet
or in a lightly greased cast iron skillet (vegetable cooking spray works
just fine). For biscuits that are crusty all around, place about an inch
apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake at 450 F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.