Angel Biscuits

Name: Angel Biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 12 buiscuits
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon active dry yeast; 3/4 cup warm buttermilk; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, cut into small pieces

Submitted by Dreamer in Ontario

"From Vegetarian Times, biscuits made with yeast so that they're light and flavourful. I've edited this recipe a bit to include RecipeBaroness' suggestions. The buttermilk should be warm rather than room temperature and a bit of the sugar should be added to the buttermilk."

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photo by Nimz_

Ready In:: 32mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 12 buiscuits

ingredients

1 teaspoon active dry yeast
³⁄₄ cup warm buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
³⁄₄ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, cut into small pieces

directions

Add yeast and 1 tsp of the sugar to the warmed buttermilk and stir until dissolved.
Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl. Blend butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal (Use fingers, two knives or pastry blender).
Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, and stir until soft dough forms (You may need to add more buttermilk to make dough hold together).
Lightly flour work surface and rolling pin. Knead dough 8 or 9 times, or until smooth. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness, and cut into 3-inch circles.
Coat baking sheet with cooking spray.
Place biscuits on baking sheet, cover with clean kitchen towel and let rise 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 400°F.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes, or until biscuits are pale brown.
Time to make doesn't include the 20 minute rising time.

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Reviews

I loved these Biscuits! I did how ever warm the Butter milk up on the stove just a little before I added the yeast and the dough rose just fine! the texture and flavor were great! I'll make these again! thanks for a great recipe!

Recipe Baroness
Well it took me two tries at this and I'll be the first to say I'm Biscuit challenged. I think the problems I had were with the buttermilk and yeast mixture. I don't ever think the buttermilk got warm enough. I let them sit for about an hour before baking and they didn't rise at all. Didn't do much in the oven either. The outside was a little tough but the inside was great. I only got about 6 biscuits from this recipe. Thanks

Nimz_
These were easy enough but didn't rise very well. The consistancy is more like a roll than a biscuit, but still a very tasty bread.

MsSally