Maple Bacon Sticky Biscuits

This recipe stars three Loveless Cafe signature products— Maplewood Bacon, Maple Syrup, and of course, our world-famous biscuits—all rolled up into one sticky pleasure.

This recipe is featured in our Loveless Cafe Cookbook!

Servings: 20 to 24

Caramel

Ingredients

• 1 pound Loveless Cafe Maplewood Smoked Country Bacon
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• ½ cup bacon grease (reserve after cooking)
• 2 pounds brown sugar
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup Loveless Cafe Maple Syrup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease two 9-by-13 pans or two 12-inch cast iron skillets and set aside.
3. Cook bacon according to package instructions. Reserve grease and set aside.
4. Chop bacon once cool and divide into 4 equal portions.
5. In a medium pot, bring butter, bacon grease, brown sugar, water, and Maple Syrup to a boil, stirring until smooth. Set aside.

Biscuits

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1½ cups raisins, craisins, or chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 bag Loveless Cafe Biscuit Mix
• 2⅔ plus ¾ cups buttermilk

Directions

1. In a small bowl, mix sugar, raisins, and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. On a large cutting board, place a sheet of parchment paper or wax paper and dust with flour.
3. In a large mixing bowl, pour in Biscuit Mix and work out any lumps with your hands.
4. Add 2⅔ cups buttermilk and blend until a sticky dough is formed.
5. Place half the biscuit dough on parchment paper. Dust liberally with more flour and fold the dough 2 to 3 times, adding more flour if necessary.
6. Roll out dough into a 9-by-13 rectangle.
7. Brush dough liberally with remaining buttermilk.
8. Sprinkle half of raisin mixture and one-fourth of chopped bacon on dough, keeping one long edge of dough moist but free of mixture to allow roll to seal.
9. Carefully roll dough into a tight log then repeat steps with remaining dough.
10. Using a serrated knife, cut the rolls into 1/2-inch slices.
11. Divide the caramel between the two greased pans.
12. Sprinkle each pan with chopped bacon.
13. Place biscuit slices in the mixture, nesting them into caramel and making sure they are not crowded in the pan.
14. Bake until golden brown, about 20 to 30 minutes.
15. Immediately after removing from oven, carefully invert the pans onto serving platters. Enjoy while warm.