Buttermilk-cornmeal biscuits

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup Yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ cup Butter, cut into small
Pieces and chilled
¾ cup Plus 2 tablespoons nonfat
Buttermilk
Vegetable cooking spray
1 Egg white, lightly beaten
Yield: 13 biscuits (about
112
Calories per biscuit).

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" thickness; cut with a 2-½-inch biscuit cutter. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Brush tops with egg white.

Bake at 450°F for 12 minutes or until golden.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Beth Ide" <rev_ide@...> on Aug 17, 1998

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