Title: Buttermilk-Cornmeal Biscuits
Categories: Home Cookin,
Yield: 4
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 c yellow cornmeal
2 ts sugar
2 ts baking powder
1/2 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1/4 c butter, cut into small
pieces and chilled
3/4 c plus 2 tablespoons nonfat
buttermilk
vegetable cooking spray
1 egg white, lightly beaten
Yield: 13 biscuits (about
112
calories per biscuit).
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 1/2" thickness; cut with a 2-1/2-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.
