Artistic Biscuits: Cheesy "Faken" Birthday Biscuits for Loreen

I made this recipe up for my sister's birthday keeping the following things in mind: 1. She prefers savoury over sweet and 2. she was to arrive in the morning and so I wanted it to be breakfasty. Although I passionately hate omelets, I have nothing against omelet ingredients so I thought long and hard about what I could tolerate in an omelet, were I to be able to tolerate omelets. The answer I came up with that I thought Loreen would like was the following list of ingredients: cheese, vegetarian bacon, onion, parsley, and pepper.

Sinful breakfast deliciousness.

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 t. baking powder
2 t. sugar
3/4 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
6 T. (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
8 oz. Muenster Cheese, coarsely grated (1 1/4 cups)
1/4 cup minced onion
2 T. fresh parsley, finely chopped
5 pieces of Morning Star vegetarian bacon strips (or Smart Bacon)
1 t. coarsely ground black pepper
1 cup well-shaken low-fat buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450°F.

Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in Muenster cheese, onion, parsley, and ground pepper. Cook vegetarian bacon according to package instructions (I did mine in the skillet in a Tablespoon of olive oil) and when cool, crumble into bits and add to mixture. Add buttermilk and stir until just combined.

Spoon dough into mounds (size depending on how many you wish to make - I made about 15 total) about 2 inches apart onto a buttered large baking sheet.

Cook 8-10 minutes and transfer immediately to cooling rack. Devour.

Happy Birthday, Loreen.