Bacon Cheddar Chive Breakfast Biscuits are the perfect addition to your brunch spread! Easy to make and bursting with flavor, these tender, golden biscuits are loaded with sharp cheddar, vibrant chives, a hint of bell pepper, and crispy bacon. Get ready to impress your guests with these buttery, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits!

Pile of tender golden flaky bacon cheddar chive biscuits.

These savory scones are inspired by our favorite bakery in San Francisco, Arsicault. Every weekend, we would get their bacon, bell pepper, and cheddar scones. The bacon is smoky while the bell peppers are cooked in bacon grease for maximum flavor. The cheddar and chives add sharpness that ties the ingredients together. All of the ingredients are tucked in layers of flaky dough, making each bite full of umami flavors.

Now that we live in San jose, we make our own breakfast biscuits all the time. We love how low maintenance and satisfying they are. We usually make a batch then enjoy them with an iced coffee or matcha latte for a complete brunch.

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Why You'll Love These Breakfast Biscuits

Flavor - Each bite is full of savory breakfast flavors.
Texture - The scones are buttery with a soft interior and flaky exterior.
Effort - This is an excellent beginner baker recipe that will impress! You just need to cook and mix the ingredients, chill the dough, bake, then enjoy.
Versatile - Enjoy as is or use for breakfast biscuit sandwiches.

Key Ingredients

Ingredients for bacon cheddar chive biscuits, bacon, heavy cream, flour, cheddar, bell pepper, butter, chives, kosher salt, baking powder, black pepper.

Bacon - Bacon provides the savory and juicy flavor crystals.
Red bell pepper - Bell pepper has a bright flavor and is extra tasty when caramelized in the bacon fat.
Chives - Aromatic chives add a little bite.
Cheddar cheese - Cheddar cheese adds a sharp savoriness.
Flour - Flour is the foundation for the biscuits.
Baking powder - Baking powder makes the biscuit dough soft and tender.
Butter - Use European has a higher fat content resulting in a crisper, buttery biscuit.
Heavy whipping cream - The 30% fat content makes the biscuit dough moist.

Instructions

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, cook bacon until crisp, drain on paper towel, cook bell pepper in bacon grease, chop bacon.

Bacon and Bell Peppers

Prepare oven and baking sheet - Preheat oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cook bacon - While the oven heats, cook the bacon on the stovetop. Place the skillet on the stovetop. Lay the bacon slices in a single layer within the cold skillet. Avoid overcrowding so the bacon cooks evenly. Turn the heat to medium. Flip the bacon so that both sides cook, about 5-7 minutes per side or until crispy. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside to cool. (Photo 1 and 2)
Cook bell peppers and chop bacon - In the same pan, add the bell peppers and cook them in the bacon grease until soft and tender, about 5-7 minutes. Remove from the pan and place in a bowl to cool. As the peppers cool, chop the crisp bacon into small bits. Set the bacon and the peppers aside to be added to the flour in the following steps. (Photo 3 and 4)

Homemade Biscuits

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, whisk flour, baking powder, kosher salt, black pepper, pinch butter in flour.

Mix the dry ingredients - In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Then whisk the dry ingredients until well mixed. (Photo 5 and 6)
Mix in the butter - Add the cubed butter to the dry ingredients and toss the butter until coated with flour. Use your fingers and palms to pinch the butter until it forms pea-sized bits of floury butter. Do this part quickly so the butter stays cold. These buttery bits will create pockets of air to make fluffy biscuits. (Photo 7 and 8)

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, add bacon, bell pepper, chives, and cheddar to the flour mixture, stir in cream to form a dough.

Add the mix-ins - Now, add in the bacon, bell peppers, chives, cheddar, and toss until covered in flour and butter bits. (Photo 9 and 10)
Add heavy cream - Then pour the heavy whipping cream into the flour mixture. Using a rubber baking spatula, gently fold in the cream just until the cream is incorporated. Use your hands to knead the dough a couple of times to fully incorporate the cream and flour. Be careful to not over mix. (Photo 11 and 12)

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, form the dough into a rectangle, fold into thirds, press down, rotate, and repeat twice.

Fold dough - Place the dough onto a floured surface and use your hands to gently pat the dough into a ¾-inch thick rectangle. Fold into thirds like a letter and gently press the dough to form another ¾-inch thick rectangle. Rotate the dough 90 degrees, then repeat the process twice more. This step will create tender layers. (Photo 13, 14, 15, 16)

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, form the dough into a square, cut into 16 pieces, brush with egg wash, and chill.

Cut and chill dough - Pat the dough into a rectangle that is ½ to ¾-inch thick. Then take a sharp knife and cut the dough in half lengthwise, then cut both rectangles into 8 pieces, resulting in 16 biscuits. Place the pieces on the baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. (Photo 17 and 18)
Chill and brush with egg wash - While the biscuits chill, preheat the oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make the egg wash by beating 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of heavy cream or milk. Remove the biscuits from the refrigerator and brush with egg wash. (Photo 18 and 20)

Steps to make bacon cheddar chive biscuits, chill dough, arrrange on baking sheet, bake until golden, enjoy.

Bake - Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet so there is 2 inches between each one. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Bake the remaining biscuits. (Photo 21 and 22)
Once baked, transfer the biscuits onto a cooling rack to cool. (Photo 23 and 24)

Baking Tips

Cold Butter - The flakes of cold butter create pockets of air in the dough, which make the biscuits fluffy and airy.
Careful Mixing - To maintain the fluffiness of the dough, careful mixing is a must. Carefully mix the dough until the ingredients are just mixed so you don't melt the butter and deflate the biscuits.
Trim the edges - Use a sharp knife to trim a thin strip of the outside edges of the biscuits to reveal the layers. This will allow the biscuits to bake taller. You can bake the scraps for a tasty snack too.

Variations

Vegetarian - Omit bacon from the recipe and use avocado oil or olive oil to cook the bell peppers instead.
Pancetta - Use Crispy Pancetta instead of bacon for a deeper, richer flavor that is less smoky.
Brown sugar bacon - Bake the bacon and use our brown sugar bacon method instead. Use the leftover bacon fat to cook the bell peppers.
Cheese - Instead of cheddar, use a white cheddar, jalapeño pepper jack, gruyere or whatever semi-hard cheese you prefer.
Gluten-free - To make this recipe gluten-free, use 1-for-1 gluten-free flour.

Closeup shot of flaky bacon cheddar chive biscuits with many buttery layers.

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Bacon Cheddar Chive Breakfast Biscuits