Aunt Cora's Sourdough Biscuits
Aunt Cora's Sourdough Biscuits recipe
Ingredients
1 ½ | cups |
unbleached all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
3 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
2 | tablespoons |
sugar
|
|
¼ | cup |
vegetable shortening
melted |
* |
1 ½ | cups |
sourdough starter
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* |
Directions
- More Baking Soda may be added if the starter if very sour.
Place flour in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening and dry ingredients.
Mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny finish.
Pat or roll out dough to ½ inch thickness, cut and put on a greased pan.
Coat all sides of biscuits with melted butter.
Let rise over boiling water for ½ hour.
Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve with jam, cream or butter if needed.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 19g (0.7 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 652% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g
0%
Saturated Fat 0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 266mg
11%
Total Carbohydrate
5g
5%
Dietary Fiber 0g
2%
Sugars g
Protein
3g
Vitamin A 0%
•
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2%
•
Iron 4%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?