Recipe - Bacon-Cheese Biscuits

2 cup Selfrising flour
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/3 cup Shortening
1 cup Buttermilk
One half teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths pound Sliced bacon; cooked and
crumbled
1 cup Shredded Cheddar cheese

Combine flour and sugar; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until the
mixture resembles coarse meal; set aside.

Combine buttermilk and soda, stirring until soda dissolves. Add buttermilk
mixture, bacon, and cheese to flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients
are moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead
lightly 4 or 5 times.

Roll dough to 1/2inch thickness; cut with a 2inch biscuit vutter. Place
on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 1012 minutes.
Yields about 18 biscuits.

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KATHY JEAN BROWN,

TUPELO, MS

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.