Are you ready for some Maple and Bacon Goodness
Well these scones are sure to deliver on flavor.
They are really PACKED with goodness.
The dough is mixed with BACON,
the sweet meets the savory in these scones and they are irresistible.
They have a great balance of flavor that will have them disappearing before you eyes!
Another item that brings on the flavor is buttermilk. Take a look at my post on How to Make Buttermilk if you don’t have any on hand, it’s a quick and easy tip!
If you want to prepare the bacon and have nice one inch size pieces of thick bacon you will want to look at the post I wrote on How to Bake Bacon.
Don’t overlap the scones, give them enough room to rise up nicely.
Over crowding baking items on a cookie sheet results in uneven baking.
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 2eggs
- ¾ cup bacon (8 pieces) cooked and cut into small pieces
- In medium bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together.
- Using a pastry cutter, but cold butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in buttermilk, vanilla and maple extract and eggs and mix until incorporated.
- Stir in bacon.
- Roll out dough in between wax paper sheets or lightly floured surface.
- Cut dough with knife or cookie cutter into desired shape.
- Place scones on parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden on the bottom.
Just before serving drizzle on a little maple syrup and enjoy these for breakfast, snack or as a really fun savory dessert.
I piled on some more bacon, because…
it’s BACON and really there is never a time I won’t want it piled high!
sue|theviewfromgreatisland says
February 19, 2015 at 12:08 pmI’ve never seen a heart shaped scone — too cute!
Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch says
February 23, 2015 at 12:28 pmSo savory – and sweet! These look delicious, Diane!
Today’s the day for scones it seems – think great minds think alike!!!
Robyn
xo
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
February 23, 2015 at 3:25 pmThe love for scones is in the air today! The maple bacon combo sounds amazing! Pinned!
Holly S. says
March 8, 2015 at 8:40 amOh wow! These look sooo good! Bookmarked!
sandy says
September 15, 2015 at 2:13 amIf I wanted to add apple filling how would I adjust this recipe for maple bacon buttermilk scones.
Diane says
September 15, 2015 at 10:18 amYou can try adding 1/2 cup apple filling (dice the apples small) and add 1/4 cup more flour. The batter will be sticky, just add a little flour as needed to roll them out.