Buttermilk-Cornmeal Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk-Cornmeal Biscuits
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: flour; cornmeal; sugar; baking powder; baking soda; salt; butter; buttermilk; nonstick cooking spray; egg whites

Buttermilk-Cornmeal Biscuits recipe

YIELD

12 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

12 min

READY

32 min

Ingredients

1 ½

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUP CORNMEAL

TEASPOONS SUGAR

TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON SALT

CUP BUTTER
cut into small pieces and chilled

CUP BUTTERMILK
non fat, plus 2 tablespoons

NONSTICK COOKING SPRAY *

LARGE EGG WHITES
lightly beaten *

Directions

Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and soda in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add buttermilk; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.

On a lightly floured surface, knead dough 5 or 6 times.

Roll dough to ½ inch thickness; cut with a 2½ inch biscuit cutter.

Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

Brush tops with egg white.

Bake at 450F for 12 minutes or until golden.

Sever warm biscuits with jam and cream if desired.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

lin

I added two pieces of crystalized ginger.a quarter cup of golden raisins,five dried apricots.I cut up the dried fruit in very small pieces and added it after the buttermilk.I also mixed my flour between spelt, wholewheat kamut,white and soy-delicious

Nutrition Facts

42g

Amount per Serving