Light and Delicious Biscuits

Name: Light and Delicious Biscuits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10 biscuits, 5 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup sifted cake flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese; 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces; 1/4 cup buttermilk; 1 tablespoon nonfat milk

Submitted by YungB

"Can you tell I love biscuits? This recipe I got from a sweet grandma that lives next to me. Delicious."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 10 biscuits
Serves:: 5

ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sifted cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese
2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
¹⁄₄ cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon nonfat milk

directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In nonreactive mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Using pastry blender, cut in cream cheese and butter until pea size lumps form. Stir in buttermilk with fork. Gather dough into ball and kneed it several times in bowl until smooth.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Pat into smooth 1/2 inch thick disk. With 3-inch cutter, cut out rounds. Repeat with dough scraps until you have 10 biscuits. Brush tops with nonfat milk.
Place biscuits on baking sheet lined with parchment paper or lightly coated with no-stick cooking spray. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden. Makes 10 biscuits.