BISCUITS

1/2 pound sliced bacon
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 scallions, thinly sliced

SORGHUM BUTTER

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tablespoons sorghum syrup (see Note) or pure maple syrup
Salt

1. Preheat the oven to 425°. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat until crisp, about 7 minutes. Drain the bacon on paper towels and finely chop it.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the 4 1/2 cups of flour with the baking powder, sugar, kosher salt and baking soda. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in the butter until it is the size of small peas. Stir in the buttermilk, scallions and chopped bacon just until incorporated. Scrape the dough out onto a floured work surface and knead it gently just until it comes together.
3. Using a floured rolling pin, roll the biscuit dough out to a 1/2-inch thickness. Using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter, stamp out 16 rounds of dough. Gently gather the scraps to form 2 or 3 more biscuits. Place the biscuits on the baking sheet and bake for about 25 minutes, until they are well-risen and golden brown; turn the baking sheet once halfway through baking.
4. In a small bowl, thoroughly blend the unsalted butter with the sorghum syrup and season with salt.
5. Serve the bacon-scallion biscuits warm with the sorghum butter. 

MAKE AHEAD

The cooked chopped bacon and sorghum butter can be refrigerated separately for up to 2 days.

Sorghum syrup, sometimes referred to as sorghum molasses, is available online at zingermans.com.