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Skillet Biscuits with Garlic-Basil Olives

Katerina | Diethood
Light, fluffy, very easy to make Biscuits baked in a skillet and stuffed with delicious garlic-basil olives! 25 minutes from start to finish!
Servings : 12 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 slices bacon
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (you can also use 1 cup Ultragrain Flour + 1 cup All-Purpose Flour)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons butter , cut into cubes
  • 1/2 cup milk (more or less if needed)
  • 3/4- cup sliced and drained STAR Garlic-Basil Olives
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • fresh ground pepper
  • dry parsley flakes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425F.
  • Place the strips of bacon in a cast iron skillet and cook over medium-low heat for 7 to 8 minutes, or until cooked to a desired crispiness.
  • Remove bacon from skillet; do not discard bacon fat! Set skillet aside.
  • Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl; whisk to combine.
  • Using a pastry cutter, cut butter into mixture until crumbly. You can also use your hands and fingers, which is my personal favorite.
  • Make a well in the flour mixture and add milk into the well.
  • Stir dough with wooden spoon or hands and add more milk IF necessary. Dough should look like a shaggy mixture.
  • Add sliced olives; stir just enough to combine, making sure not to over mix the biscuit dough.
  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a circle, about 1-inch thick.
  • Cut out biscuits with a round biscuit cutter.
  • Press any dough scraps together to make a few more biscuits out of the remaining dough.
  • Place biscuits in the previously prepared skillet with bacon fat. Depending on the size of your biscuits, you might have to bake the biscuits in batches.
  • In a small bowl, combine egg and water; whisk to combine.
  • Brush each biscuit with egg wash.
  • Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper and parsley flakes.
  • Bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
  • Serve warm.

Notes

Here's a good guide to making the best biscuits: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/06/how-to-make-super-flaky-buttermilk-biscuits.html
 

Nutrition

Calories: 191 kcal | Carbohydrates: 17 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 11 g | Saturated Fat: 6 g | Cholesterol: 38 mg | Sodium: 439 mg | Potassium: 156 mg | Fiber: 0 g | Sugar: 0 g | Vitamin A: 305 IU | Calcium: 67 mg | Iron: 1.2 mg

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cast iron biscuits, easy biscuits, homemade biscuits