Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits

Say hi to your new favorite savory biscuit! My Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits are soft, fluffy, and incredibly delicious. Serve them warm and layer in your favorites for the best breakfast sandwich ever!

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Freshly baked Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits are a delicious alternative to toast. Serve them with compound butter, honey, or jam. Better yet, use them to make an irresistible and savory breakfast sandwich!

These biscuits are easy to make and wonderfully flakey thanks to the frozen butter and buttermilk. This recipe comes together beautifully using a few key ingredients, an easy kneading process, and letting the dough firm up in the freezer.

If you follow these step by step easy instructions and don’t overwork your dough, you will get the flakey and fluffy texture in the biscuits. Plus, they can be baked right from frozen so you can make them ahead of time just keep them in the freezer until you’re ready.

Ingredients you need

These biscuits have all the stuff you need for a light and fluffy breakfast treat. Plus, with the bonus of bacon and cheese, it’ll be hard to stop at just one!

This is what you need:

• Extra-sharp cheddar cheese
• Bacon
• Fresh green onions
• All-purpose flour
• Unsalted butter
• Buttermilk
• Baking powder and baking soda
• Sugar
• Kosher salt

How to make Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits 

Follow the instructions carefully so the biscuits aren’t overworked and turn out soft and buttery. Using freshly cooked bacon and ice cold butter will give you the most elegant flavors.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Cook the bacon: Heat your bacon slices in a skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat. Transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate once they’re brown and crispy.
2. Prepare the dough: In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, bacon, grated cheese, and chopped green onions. Mix to combine. Grate the frozen butter into the flour mixture and mix gently with a spatula. Add the buttermilk and stir using a spatula until a soft dough forms.
3. Knead and form biscuits: Place the dough on a lightly floured clean surface. Knead the dough 3 to 4 times. Roll it out into the shape of a rectangle, then use the rim of a glass, round cookie cutter, or biscuit cutter to cut out 12 to 15 biscuits. Place them onto the prepared baking sheet then into the freezer.
4. Bake: While the biscuits are in the freezer, preheat the oven to 450ºF. After 15 minutes, remove them from the freezer and bake for 17 to 20 minutes. Serve warm and fresh from the oven.

Helpful Recipe Tips

• Always use frozen butter! The shaved butter flakes will melt as the biscuits bake, making them incredibly soft and flaky. 
• The same goes for the buttermilk. The colder it is, the better your biscuits will turn out. Keep it in the fridge until it needs to be added to the dough.
• Don’t overmix the dough! Overworking it means the biscuits will turn out tough and dense.
• If you’ve cut the biscuits smaller than 2 1/2 inches, bake them for around 15 to 17 minutes instead. Every oven is different, so watch your biscuits carefully.
• Flipping the biscuits upside down before placing them on the baking sheet will help them rise even higher. In addition, brush them with a little melted butter before baking so it soaks into the dough.
• Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of dried chives or dill to the dough for a punch of herbiness.

Making ahead of time

Shape and freeze the biscuits from the dough and freeze on the baking tray until firm. Afterward, transfer into a freezer bag or container. Keep in the freezer until you’re ready to bake.

You can store the baked biscuits in a sealed container at room temperature for 1 or 2 days, or in the fridge for longer. Leftovers would be delicious warmed in a toaster oven before serving.

More savory breakfast recipes

These savory recipes would be perfect to boost your breakfast:

• Italian Baked Eggs And Sausage
• Breakfast Egg Bread Bowls
• Low-Carb Breakfast Bowl
• One Sheet Pan Sweet Potato Breakfast

Did you try these Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits? Let me know what you think and leave a comment below! Don’t forget to also take a picture of your recreation and tag me on Instagram. I love to see all of your photos!