Bacon Potato Scones

This was not an official Bacon Saturday, but Cinnilla and I were scrambling to get video clips edited for some conference presentations, so we really needed to... er, cook with bacon.

The original recipe was from Mr. Breakfast -- I tweaked it a bit, mostly due to the fact that I misread and added too much flour to mine, then had to compensate. The results were very tasty -- like a thick potato pancake.

BACON POTATO SCONES

1 1/2 C cooked plain mashed potatoes (no butter/milk)
8 pieces bacon, fried crispy and crumbled
Bacon drippings (leave in pan)
1 T butter
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 C flour
Optional garnish: sour cream, applesauce

Combine flour, pepper, salt, eggs, bacon bits, and mashed potatoes. Stir into a thick dough.

Add butter to hot bacon drippings in pan, and let melt. This is totally healthy. Add scones (large spoonful of batter each) and fry on medium heat until golden on both sides.





You could serve these quite nicely with maple syrup, we think; we used sour cream and applesauce, which were also very good. Veggie side dish provided by Cin -- very tasty, but your guess as to ingredients is as good as mine!