Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage leaves
  • 5 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 5 bacon slices, cooked crisp and chopped
  • 3/4 cup grated Cheddar
  • 3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk

Method

  • Preheat oven to 450F.
  • and grease a large baking sheet.
  • Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
  • Stir in sage and with fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles meal.
  • Stir in bacon and Cheddar.
  • Add buttermilk and stir until mixture just forms a dough.
  • Gather dough into a ball and on a lightly floured surface knead gently 8 times.
  • Pat out dough into a 6- by 5-inch rectangle.
  • Cut dough into 9 rectangles and arrange about 1 inch apart on baking sheet.
  • Bake biscuits in middle of oven 15 minutes.