Annie Mae Jones' Buttermilk Biscuits
Annie Mae Jones' Buttermilk Biscuits recipe
Ingredients
3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
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1 | teaspoon |
salt
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½ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
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3 | teaspoons |
baking powder
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⅔ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
* |
1 | cup |
buttermilk
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4 | tablespoons |
butter
opt |
Directions
Preheat oven to 450'F.
Sift flour, salt, soda, and baking powder into mixing bowl. Cut in shortening, using 2 knives, a pastry cutteror your hands dusted with flour.
Add sufficient buttermilk to make a soft dough.
Knead lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board.
Roll out to ½ inch thickness and cut with biscuit cutter into rounds.
Place rounds not touching - for crisper biscuits - or close together - for softer biscuits - on ungreased baking sheet.
Brush with melted butter if desired and bake in preheated oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until firm and lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 38g (1.3 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 46725% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g
20%
Saturated Fat 8g
38%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 33mg
11%
Sodium 806mg
34%
Total Carbohydrate
25g
25%
Dietary Fiber 3g
10%
Sugars g
Protein
24g
Vitamin A 7%
•
Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 15%
•
Iron 25%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?