Recipe - Savory Bacon Biscuits

6 tablespoon Shortening
2 cup Self rising flour
Three fourths cup Cream (can use evaporated
milk undiluted)
One half cup Cooked bacon bits
One half cup Shredded cheddar chz.
One fourth cup Finely chopped green onions
with tops

Cut shortening into flour with pastry blender until mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Stir in bacon, cheese and onions. Add cream, stir lightly
until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough onto lightly floured
surface; knead 4 or 5 times. Gently pat dough into One half inch thickness and
cut biscuits. Brush tops with mixture of 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 Tbsp
water. Bake on ungreased ;sheet in 450 F oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or
until lightly browned. Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter
by Judy Ferbert ajewell@sound.net on Jul 15, 1997