Best Biscuits Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp shortening
  • 2/3 cup cream
  • 1 cup plain flour , for shaping

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and arrange a shelf slightly below the center of the oven. Spray an 8-inch cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar and salt. Work the shortening in with your fingers or a pastry blender until there are no large lumps.
  3. Gently stir in the cream. Stir in the buttermilk until the dough resembles cottage cheese. It should be a wet mess. If you are not using a low-protein Southern flour, this may require considerably more than a cup.
  4. Spread the plain flour (not self-rising) out on a plate or pie pan. With a medium(about 2-inches) ice cream scoop or spoon place scoops of dough well apart in the flour. Sprinkle flour over each. Flour your hands.
  5. Turn a dough ball in the flour to coat, pick it up, gently shape it into a round, shaking off the excess flour as you work. Place the biscuit in the prepared pan. Coat each dough ball in the same manner, and place the shaped biscuit up against each other. Continue scooping and shaping until the dough is used up.
  6. Bake biscuits until lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Brush with melted butter. Invert biscuits out onto one plate, then back onto another. With a knife or spatula, cut quickly between biscuits to make them easy to remove. Serve immediately. And stand back they go fast!!!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 43.63 Kcal (183 kJ)
Calories from fat 17.77 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.97g 3%
Cholesterol 2.18mg 1%
Sodium 114.83mg 5%
Potassium 16.95mg 0%
Total Carbs 5.63g 2%
Sugars 0.61g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.35g 1%
Protein 0.83g 2%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 25.7mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 294.83 Kcal (1234 kJ)
Calories from fat 120.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.34g 3%
Cholesterol 14.71mg 1%
Sodium 775.96mg 5%
Potassium 114.53mg 0%
Total Carbs 38.04g 2%
Sugars 4.14g 2%
Dietary Fiber 2.39g 1%
Protein 5.61g 2%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Iron 2.2mg 2%
Calcium 173.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1
    Points
  • 1
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

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