Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits

For those not used to Buttermilk...it can look and smell bad straight out of the carton. It's not...

      

Ingredients:

4 cups Flour

2 2/3 tbsps Baking Powder (or 8 tsps)

½ tsp Baking Soda

1½ tsps Salt

4 tbsps Butter

4 tbsps Shortening (u can use only butter if you must)

2 cups Low Fat Buttermilk, chilled (u can use half & half if u want, but I don't)

Directions         (preheat oven to 450⁰)

1.   In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, & salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixure is crumbly. (the faster the better, you don’t want the fats to melt)

2.   Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.

3.   Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times.

4.   Press into a 1-inch thick round.  Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter (or just use a glass) Be sure to push straight down through the dough. (I do a bit less thick than 1")

5.   Place biscuits on a baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working as little as possible and continue cutting.

6.   Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top.  Approx 10-15 minutes.

**Makes about 16 biscuits depending on the size you cut**

Sweet Cornbread Muffins, Sugar-Free

1½ cups all-purpose flour

²/₃ cups splenda

½ cup Yellow corn meal

1 Tbsp. Baking powder

½ tsp salt

1¼ cups milk

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

¹/₃ cup vegetable oil

3 Tbsp. Butter or margarine, melted

PREHEAT oven to 350˚F. Grease or paper-line 18-20 muffin cups

COMBINE flour, splenda, corn meal, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.  Combine milk, eggs, vegetable oil and butter in small bowl; mix well.  Add to flour mixture; stir just until blended.  Pour into prepared muffin cups filling ²/₃ full.

BAKE for 18-20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Garlic & Cheesy Goodness

So...you love those biscuits they served at Red Lobster before they changed the recipe?  I came up with something just as good....if not better.  Here you go!

Garlic & Cheese Biscuits     

Preheat oven to 425°, Lightly spray cookie sheet with pam (butter flavor works best)

1    egg
2    cups Bisquick

⅔   cup milk
1    cup shredded cheddar cheese
½   cup melted butter or margarine

½   tsp Garlic Powder (½ for dough, ½ for after baking)

½   tsp parsley flakes (optional)

*Mix Bisquick, milk, ¼ tsp of the garlic & egg together.
*Work into a soft dough, adding more baking mix if necessary.
*Knead/mix in shredded cheese, working as little as possible.
*Drop by large tablespoon fulls onto cookie sheet, bake at 425° for 8-10 minutes or until light golden.

*Melt butter, remaining garlic & parsley together.  Brush over warm rolls when they finish baking.