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Breads & Breakfasts • A family favorite

2020 Cookbook

Caramelized Onion, Bacon & Blue Cheese Scones

Heat
375°F
Time
15–20 min
Makes
Not recorded

Caramelized Onion, Bacon & Blue Cheese Scones, preserved in the Brown Family Cookbook 2020.

01

Ingredients

  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • Filling:
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ⅓ cup caramelized onions
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ⅓ cup blue cheese
  • 2 T baking powder
  • ⅔ cups bacon
  • 10 T cold butter
  • 1 egg and 1 egg white
  • 1 cup buttermilk

02

Method

  1. 01

    Heat oven to

  2. 02

    Mix flour with dry ingredients. Cut butter into the dry ingredients until it is the size of hazelnuts. Mix all wet ingredients and fold them into the dry until there is no dry flour.

  3. 03

    Roll dough into a ½ inch rectangle. Cover 2/3 of the dough with the bacon and fold the uncovered side to the center and then again to create two layers of filling. Roll dough back to ¾ inch thick and cut into triangles.

  4. 04

    Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with onions and blue cheese. Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.