Buttermilk Biscuits
Recipe: #8190
February 22, 2013
Categories: Breads, Dinner rolls or other breads, Brunch, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Flour, more
"A Mennonite recipe. We have been using this recipe for years and just love it."
Original is 12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (51.8 g)
- Calories 169.4
- Total Fat - 10 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.1 g
- Cholesterol - 2.2 mg
- Sodium - 235.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 1.1 g
- Protein - 2.8 g
- Calcium - 111.4 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F,.
Step 2
Sift dry ingredients together.
Step 3
Mix in shortening with pastry blender, fork, or fingertips until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 4
Form a well in center of flour and pour buttermilk in.
Step 5
Mix flour into this, stirring and working until flour leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball. When it comes away from sides without sticking too bad, it's ready. Otherwise, work in a little more flour.
Step 6
Place dough on floured surface and knead 5-6 times. Do not knead too much or dough will become tough.
Step 7
Roll or pat out to about 1/2 thickness and cut with biscuit cutter or floured glass.
Step 8
Place biscuits on ungreased cookie sheet.
Step 9
Bake at 450 degrees F. for 8-12 minutes or until light golden.
Step 10
Brush tops with melted butter, if desired.
Step 11
Serve warm with sausage gravy or butter and preserves, if desired.
Tips
No special items needed.
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