Recipe: Sage, Bacon, and Cheddar Biscuits for Dylan

Here is one that would give you some of that smokey flavor you mentioned, Dylan.

SAGE, BACON, AND CHEDDAR BISCUITS

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage leaves
5 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
5 bacon slices, cooked crisp and chopped
3/4 cup grated Cheddar
3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450F. and grease a large baking sheet.

Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Stir in sage and with fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles meal. Stir in bacon and Cheddar. Add buttermilk and stir until mixture just forms a dough. Gather dough into a ball and on a lightly floured surface knead gently 8 times. Pat out dough into a 6- by 5-inch rectangle. Cut dough into 9 rectangles and arrange about 1 inch apart on baking sheet. Bake biscuits in middle of oven 15 minutes.

Makes 9 biscuits.

Gourmet
February 1997