Light Angel Biscuits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 5 cups flour
• 1/4 cup splenda granular
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups low-fat buttermilk
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 dissolve yeast in warm water in a small bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
• 2 combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 3 add yeast mixture and buttermilk; stir just until moist. cover and chill 1 hour.
• 4 preheat oven to 450°.
• 5 turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface; knead lightly 5 times. roll dough to a 1/2-inch thickness; cut with a biscuit cutter. place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 6 bake at 450° for 13 minutes or until golden.
• 7 option one: the dough comes out very, very wet. you can either make drop biscuits or add more flour and cut the biscuits.
• 8 option two: the dough can sit, covered for up to a week in the fridge. cut out as much biscuits that are needed and bake as usual. ~ or ~ add more flour to the dough, cut into biscuits and freeze. to bake: thaw the amount of biscuits needed on the counter, covered with a dish towel (about 1/2 hour). bake for 13 - 15 minutes or until golden.
• 9 the amount of biscuits depend on the application you use and the size of biscuit cutter you have.