Tillamook Smoked Cheddar Biscuits With Crisp Bacon And Apricots
Oregon is well-known for it's delicious tillamook cheeses! Here's a tasty and easy recipe featuring smoked cheddar from the tillamook recipe contest in 2001, and submitted by patty cheng, mountain view, california.
Steps
Preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
In a large electric mixer with paddle attachment , combine the flour , baking powder , sugar , salt , and white pepper.
Add cold butter pieces and mix until flour mixture has a coarse meal texture.
Add the bacon , apricots , and smoked cheddar cheese and mix until well-combined.
On low speed , gradually add the buttermilk and mix until a dough is formed.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured board and gently knead 8 times.
Pat or roll out the dough to 1-inch thick , and use a biscuit or cookie cutter to cut the biscuits.
Place on a lightly-greased and floured baking sheet , and bake at 425 degrees f on the middle oven rack for 15 minutes and biscuit tops are golden.
Ingredients
all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, white pepper, unsalted butter, bacon, dried apricot, smoked cheddar cheese, buttermilk