The ultimate breakfast carb for long weekends is maple bacon biscuits. I had a long week of work and classes last week, but was thrilled to be able to have a long weekend this past weekend. Long weekends mean more time in the kitchen cooking up delicious foods especially breakfast foods. I typically only have leisurely breakfasts on Saturdays and Sundays, but because we had a long weekend, I was able to whip up another leisurely breakfast on Monday. When it comes to breakfast, I prefer savory just a tad more than sweet. Most days though, I prefer a breakfast with a balance of sweet and savory notes. When I woke up this morning, I was especially craving a biscuit for breakfast. I wanted to incorporate some of my favorite American breakfast flavors into the biscuit dough and decided to make maple bacon biscuits. To enhance the maple flavor, I folded in some maple syrup into the biscuits. I also served the biscuits with a side of maple syrup. If you want even more maple flavor, you can pick up maple smoked bacon. The maple syrup adds a nutty sweetness to the biscuits. The bacon adds a salty savory crunch. When swirled together, these biscuits are definitely too good to pass up. From start to finish, the biscuits took just about 30 minutes to make. Eating a warm fluffy, crumbly biscuit straight out of the oven with a fresh yogurt smoothie on the side makes for the most wonderful Monday breakfast. With all of the delicious foods I’ve been indulging in lately, I should really squeeze in an extra day at the gym. For now, I’m going to thoroughly enjoy my maple bacon biscuits.
Maple Bacon Biscuits:
· 8 slices bacon, diced
· 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for rolling out the dough
· 2 tablespoons baking powder
· 1 teaspoon kosher salt
· 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
· 1 tablespoon maple syrup, plus additional for serving
· 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed
· 1 cup whole milk, cold
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2) Heat a skillet on medium heat. Add the diced bacon and cook until the bacon pieces are crispy, about 5 minutes. Scoop the bacon to a plate to cool.
3) In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cooked bacon, and maple syrup.
4) Add in the cubed unsalted butter. Using a pastry cutter (or your hands), combine the butter and flour together. Continue mixing until you achieve a crumbly texture.
5) Once you achieve the crumbly texture, add in the whole milk. Dust your work surface with flour and pour out the dough. Gently bring the dough together forming a large, thick circle. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out about 8 biscuits. Place the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
6) Bake the biscuits in the preheated oven for 11 to 13 minutes. Remove the biscuits from the oven when they are puffed up and golden brown.
Takeaways: To further enhance the maple flavor in the biscuits, you can use bacon smoked in maple syrup. The biscuits taste best when serve right out of the oven. These biscuits taste even better topped with a drizzle of maple syrup.