Cheddar Bacon Biscuits

We had quite a crowd to celebrate B's 1st Communion this past weekend and we did all the cooking ourselves (quite a change from the "me" a few years ago that would have gotten party platters and been satisfied with that!).  I intended to make these on Saturday night for dinner but between being exhausted and realizing we had plenty of food, I decided to wait.  I made these yesterday after everyone left.  B helped me make them too which made for a fun part of my Mother's Day!  They were so amazing!!!  They're definitely not on the low calorie menu that I should be following a couple weeks before Memorial Day but, they were well worth the "cheat" on the diet!  I found the recipe here for them.

This is the mixture before we formed them into biscuits

 Here they are when they first came out of the oven

Here they are - ready to eat!

Ingredients

• 2 cups  All Purpose Flour
• 1½ tsp  Baking Powder
• 1 tsp  Salt
• ¼ cup  Butter
• 10  Bacon, slices fried
• 1  Egg
• ½ cup  Milk
• 4 tbsp  Vegetable Oil
• ½  Onion, chopped
• 1½ cups Cheddar Cheese, shredded

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F / 177° C.
Cook the bacon & remove to cool.  Chop bacon into small pieces once it's cooled.
Saute the onion in the same pan as the bacon (draining off a little bacon grease before)
In a large bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or 2 forks, cut in the butter until it is mixed in well.
In a small bowl mix the milk, egg, and vegetable oil then add the wet ingredients into the flour mixture.
Add the bacon, onion, and cheddar to the mixture and mix everything well together.
Take big spoonfuls of dough and fill a muffin pan that’s been well buttered and bake for 25 min.
This recipe yields 15 biscuits.