I love a good pancake or doughnut in the morning, but sometimes I wake up wanting nothing to do with sugar. Actually, most mornings that’s how I wake up. I am a fan of the traditional savory breakfast–sausage or bacon, toast, and lightly seasoned scrambled eggs. I’ve been toying with the idea of making a savory scone for a while. When I was brain storming, it became clear to me that I wanted a scone that I could dip in sausage gravy (because DUH, I’m a southern cook). And voila–my cheesy bacon scones for salty breakfast lovers were born.
Scones are very biscuit like, which made the part about adding the gravy seem like a no-brainer. However, I didn’t want to add really big chunks of meat to the scones. I wanted the batter to be a little more uniform, so I decided to fry up some bacon and add that instead of sausage.
- 3 C flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp seasoned salt
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 C unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 C milk
- 4 slices bacon
- 1.5 C grated cheese
- Heat oven to 400 degrees
- Cook bacon over medium high heat, save grease (if you plan to make gravy)
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl
- Cut in butter until crumbly
- Beat the egg in a bowl and add the milk to that bowl
- Stir in milk and egg into flour mixture until moistened
- Cut bacon into bits and add to dough
- Add grated cheese, kneading as you add
- Knead on floured surface briefly
- Roll dough into 1/2" circle and cut into eighths
- Separate slices and place on a greased baking sheet
- Cook for 15 minutes
- Feel free to leave out the cheese if you wish... but it sure it delicious!
- After cutting the dough, pop these babies in the freezer for a super simple breakfast when you're ready for them. Add a couple of minutes to the total cook time if you freeze them.
This recipe is perfect for a freezer meal, too. We had guests this past weekend, and I knew I’d be too tired to wake up and actually cook the morning they were leaving, so I premade the dough. I whipped it all up, rolled it, and cut it. Then, instead of cooking it, I just flash froze it. Then I covered the pan in plastic wrap and kept it in the freezer until I was ready to make them. In the morning, I took the plastic wrap off, and popped them in a 400 degree oven for 17 minutes. I added a couple of extra minutes because they were frozen. It was a hit! Everyone loved them and they made the perfect quick and delectable breakfast, sans all the sugar!
Are you a salty > sugar person? What’s your favorite splurge breakfast?
They almost look like pizza… Bacon pizza! YUM. I love salty foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner so this looks fantastic!
Cheesy bacon pizza with no sauce (I don’t love pizza sauce anyway). I need to work on my marketing skills.
So I don’t eat bacon. But I’d totally throw in some spinach and enjoy the HECK out of these! Actually I’m pretty bummed right now because I’m at work and starving! (;
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So I don’t eat bacon. But I’d totally throw in some spinach and enjoy the HECK out of these! Actually I’m pretty bummed right now because I’m at work and starving! (;
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SPINACH! Why didn’t I think of that? I think these would be perfect with spinach in them. Try that out and let me know how they turn out. I may just do that next time.
yum! freeze and then what a great way to impress guests!
Exactly! Makes for an easy breakfast when company is over.
These look great! I’m all about salty in the morning too
Thanks, girl. Salty > Sweet in the morning!
Oh yes! This is right up my alley! I love breakfast and could actually see us having these as one of our “breakfast for dinner” meals. Yum!
Breakfast for dinner is one of my most favorite dinner meals. I could eat it all the time if I had to!
YUM!!! I just pinned this for the next brunch I host.
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Thanks! They won’t disappoint!
ooooh yes. i am definitely a savoury kind of girl like you. i don’t mind the odd pancakes or doughnuts like you said, but i’d make myself sick if i ate like that every day! these look delish!
Exactly!
I just can’t do sweet, sweet, sweet. If I do have a pancake or doughnut, I need to cut it with a piece of sausage or a kolache, you know?
Yum! I am definitely a salty breakfast eater. I don’t crave the sweet stuff at all. I prefer all the eggs and bacon! I love the idea of these scones and making enough for breakfasts for the week. I might skip the gravy and eat one with a runny egg over the top…. mmmm I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!
Give me eggs and BACONNNN.
A RUNNING EGG OVER THESE?! You my, friend, are BRILLIANT. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
I’m glad you liked the idea. I’m basically a fan of a runny egg over just about anything haha!
I am so a sweet breakfast person, but there is nothing I love more with breakfast than bacon and eggs. These look delicious and quick. Thoughts on swapping AP flour for whole wheat? Think they’d get too tough with the kneading?
Bacon and eggs…. Mm Mm Mm!
I think whole wheat flour would do just fine. You really don’t need to knead these much, really just to mix the pieces in. This is definitely a job for hands and not a dough hook on a mixer, just fyi!
And now my mouth is watering! I am a salty breakfast person – this sounds AMAZING!