White Lily® Light and Fluffy Biscuits

Prep Time:
10 min
Cook Time:
12 min
Total Time:
25 min
Yield:
1 dozen

Ingredients

  • 2 cups White Lily® Enriched Unbleached Self-Rising Flour
  • 1/4 cup butter or shortening
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk or milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions

  1. HEAT oven to 475°F.
  2. PLACE flour in a large bowl. Using a pastry cutter or fork, work butter or shortening into flour until crumbs are the size of peas. Add buttermilk, stir with fork just until flour is moistened.
  3. TURN dough onto lightly floured surface. Gently roll dough with floured rolling pin until 1 inch thick. Cut out biscuits using a floured 2-inch biscuit cutter or the rim of a cup. Place biscuits on a baking sheet where the edges touch. Reform the scrap dough to make additional biscuits.
  4. BAKE 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Brush tops with butter and enjoy.

Nutrition

Serving Size (1 biscuit of 12), Calories 110 (Calories from Fat 40), Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat g), Cholesterol mg, Sodium 240mg, Total Carbohydrate 15g (Dietary Fiber g, Sugars 1g), Protein 3g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A %, Vitamin C %, Calcium 6%, Iron 4%.

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Baking Tip

When making pizza crusts, use 2 to 2-1/2 cups of bread flour (hard wheat) or 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 cups of all-purpose flour (soft wheat).

Baking Tip

For a thinner, crisper pizza crust, use White Lily® All-Purpose Flour. For a thicker, chewier crust, use White Lily Bread Flour.