Maple-Bacon Biscuit Bake

By SewingDragonfly

From KAF

Ingredients

• Syrup
• 1/2 lb. bacon, cooked until medium-brown
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 T. unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3 T. maple syrup
• 2 T. melted butter
• Biscuits
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. Bakewell Cream OR 2 tsp. baking powder and omit baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup (4 T.) cold butter
• 1 cup cold milk or cold buttermilk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Lightly grease an 8” square or 9” round pan.

Syrup: Chop the cooked bacon into ½” pieces. Combine the bacon with the remaining syrup ingredients, stirring until well combined. Spread in the bottom of the prepared pan.

Biscuits: Whisk the dry ingredients together in a bowl.

Work in the butter until the mixture is crumbly; some larger, pea-sized pieces of butter may remain intact.

Add the milk or buttermilk, stirring to make a sticky dough.

Drop the dough in heaping tablespoons atop the syrup in the pan. A tablespoon cookie scoop, slightly overfilled, works well here.

Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes. Turn the oven off, and leave them in the oven for an additional 5-10 minutes, until they’re golden brown.

Remove the biscuits from the oven, and immediately turn the pan over onto a serving plate. Lift off the pan, and scrape any syrup left in the pan onto the biscuits. Pull biscuits apart to serve.