Southern Biscuits (Alton Brown) Recipe

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Ingredients
7
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Nutrition
2494
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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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. Per biscuit: Calories: 121 ;Total Fat: 4.5 grams; Saturated Fat: 2 grams; Protein: 3 grams; Total carbohydrates: 17 grams; Sugar: 1 gram; Fiber: 0.5 gram; Cholesterol: 6 milligrams; Sodium: 331 milligrams
  6. Advice courtesy Mae SkeltonI don't have much use for recipes but the one you get on a bag of White Lily® self-rising flour is hard to beat. And it's a lot easier than the one my crazy grandson dreamed up.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2494.03 Kcal (10442 kJ)
Calories from fat 1057.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 117.47g 181%
Cholesterol 88.01mg 29%
Sodium 9009.24mg 375%
Potassium 2944.69mg 63%
Total Carbs 319.77g 107%
Sugars 12.25g 49%
Dietary Fiber 33.52g 134%
Protein 45.49g 91%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 20.5mg 114%
Calcium 2040.9mg 204%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 312.59 Kcal (1309 kJ)
Calories from fat 132.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.72g 181%
Cholesterol 11.03mg 29%
Sodium 1129.19mg 375%
Potassium 369.08mg 63%
Total Carbs 40.08g 107%
Sugars 1.54g 49%
Dietary Fiber 4.2g 134%
Protein 5.7g 91%
Iron 2.6mg 114%
Calcium 255.8mg 204%

* 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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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 58.9
    Points
  • 66
    PointsPlus

Good Points

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

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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