Good Eats Southern Biscuits Recipe

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Good Eats Southern Biscuits
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp shortening

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) 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. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
  4. Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.
  5. If you do not want to use the buttermilk, use regular milk at the same volume, but omit the baking soda. This is the way that I make this recipe most of the time.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1247.02 Kcal (5221 kJ)
Calories from fat 528.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 58.74g 90%
Cholesterol 44.01mg 15%
Sodium 4504.62mg 188%
Potassium 1472.35mg 31%
Total Carbs 159.88g 53%
Sugars 6.13g 25%
Dietary Fiber 16.76g 67%
Protein 22.75g 45%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 10.3mg 57%
Calcium 1020.5mg 102%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 312.59 Kcal (1309 kJ)
Calories from fat 132.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.72g 90%
Cholesterol 11.03mg 15%
Sodium 1129.19mg 188%
Potassium 369.08mg 31%
Total Carbs 40.08g 53%
Sugars 1.54g 25%
Dietary Fiber 4.2g 67%
Protein 5.7g 45%
Iron 2.6mg 57%
Calcium 255.8mg 102%

* 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

  • 29
    Points
  • 33
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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