Bacon-Swiss Scones
June 4, 2010 | Print | E-mail | Filed under bacon, cheese, scones
Normally, the scones I make are of the sweet variety. Vanilla bean are hubby’s favorite, and I often make orange scones as well (I suppose I should get to photographing those so that I can post the recipe). This time however, I was thinking savory thoughts…and while hubby wasn’t too keen on them since he likes sweet scones, I thought these were to die for. These are extra fluffy from the eggs in the batter. And the aroma while they are baking (really, who doesn’t like the smell of bacon cooking?) – heavenly. Like the Folgers coffee commercials, the smell alone is enough to pull you out of bed in the morning!
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 stick cold butter, cut into cubes
- ½ cup half and half
- 2 eggs
- 3 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
- 6 strips bacon
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cook the bacon until crispy. After cooling, crumble it into small pieces. Toss the bacon crumbles together with the cheese.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until well-combined.
In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs and half and half together.
Pour both the egg mixture and the bacon mixture into the flour mixture. Stir gently until the dough comes together.
Turn out the dough on to a floured surface and knead gently for 2-3 minutes. Roll the dough into a circle about 1″ in thickness, and cut into 8 wedges. Pull each wedge out slightly so that they have room to bake.
Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown.
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June 4th, 2010 at 9:10 am
:This looks beyond incredible!! I want some this morning!!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:10 am
OH MY WORD!!! That is one of the best scone combos that I have seen yet.
June 4th, 2010 at 9:28 am
We’ve recently been making a lot of savory scones – LOVE the bacon and swiss together. YUM!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:29 am
I just showed these to the hubs, he already put in his order:)
June 4th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Yessss! You know I’m all over this with the bacon.
June 4th, 2010 at 10:25 am
My husband would be so happy if he new I was baking this, thanks for the idea and have great weekend.
June 4th, 2010 at 10:29 am
My husband would be in heaven if I served the Bacon Scones!
June 4th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Yum-these sound amazing!
June 4th, 2010 at 11:47 am
These look delicious! Are you familiar with Rebecca Rather? She’s a pastry chef from Texas and she makes savory scones and muffins that people go crazy for!
June 4th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Savory scones…sounds great! I think these would be awesome served at a brunch!
June 4th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Bacon in a scone?! Now we’re talking! This looks delicious!
June 4th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Just by looking at these photos, I can tell that these would become my favorite scone recipe.
June 4th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
That is one delicious scone. Bacon and Swiss cheese? I’m there!
June 5th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
That is a gorgeous scone!! I would not have thought of bacon in a scone, now you have my head spinning with delicious combinations!
thanks so much for the inspiration!!!!
June 5th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
savory and yummy! the look delicious!
June 6th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Oh my word those sound yummy! Thanks for sharing, Tracy!
June 6th, 2010 at 8:31 am
This is the perfect breakfast! Too bad I don’t have swiss OR bacon! booo!!
June 6th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Savory scones are on my list to make this month, but yours look much better than what I had in mind. Hmmm….I think a change of plans is in order! Thanks so much for the inspiration, once again!!!
June 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
I love savory scones with bacon and cheese!!
June 7th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Oh my! These look scrumptious. I love savory biscuits, scones, and muffins. The other day I tried making savory cornbread. I thought is was good, but Dad did not approve.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I usually make sweet scones too, but these look amazing!!
June 9th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
These look wonderful… I make a lot of sweet baked goods, and now I think I’m in the mood for something savory!
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:44 am
These look wonderful… I make a lot of sweet baked goods, and now I think I’m in the mood for something savory!
November 9th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
I just wanted to let you know that I made these along with the orange scones and they were both absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for posting such an easy to make recipe.
January 19th, 2012 at 1:38 am
Yummy!
May 14th, 2012 at 5:39 am
Scones are in the oven now and they smell absolutely lovely! Can’t wait to try them
just a quick question though, what is the consistency of the dough supposed to be like?