Best Lighter Than Light Buttermilk Biscuits Weight Watcher Friendly Recipes

FEATHER LIGHT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Blend flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl vigorously with a whisk. Cut butter into dry ingredients with a pastry cutter leaving pieces of butter about the size of large peas.
• 2. Put the bowl containing the flour and butter combo in the freezer for 15 minutes. *IMPORTANT* Please don't skip this step.
• 3. Pour buttermilk into a measuring cup. Add a large pinch of baking soda to the buttermilk.
• 4. After 15 minutes, take the bowl from the freezer and add 3/4 cup buttermilk. Stir just until it is mixed. Don't over-mix. Add additional buttermilk a little at a time until a stiff but sticky dough just forms. Over mixing will make them tough and dense. Leave the dough a little stickier than you think because you will be adding more flour on the counter.
• 5. Flour your counter and hands. Take dough from bowl, place on counter and fold in half, very gently, 6-8 times, no more. Be extra careful not to handle the dough very much. The dough will be rough looking, not smooth like bread dough. This is what you want.
• 6. Flatten dough gently with hands to about 1 to 1 1/2 inches high. I use a small glass, 2 1/2" in diameter. Push straight down once. Do not twist or edges will seal and they will not rise when baked. Extra dough can be patted gently back together once or twice and re-cut. *Never use a rolling pin. This is the best way to get "hockey pucks" instead of light, feathery biscuits! lol
• 7. Place on parchment lined shiny cookie sheet with sides gently touching forming a square, 3 across, 3 down.
• 8. Brush tops with milk and place on top of stove while oven is preheating. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. When preheated, bake for 11-18 minutes or until golden. Watch closely. Don't over bake. Brush lightly with melted butter when done.

LIGHTER THAN LIGHT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS (WEIGHT WATCHER FRIENDLY)

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to the middle position and heat oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• Pulse the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda together in a food processor to combine. scatter the butter and cream cheese over the top and continue to pulze until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 15 pulses. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Stir in the buttermilk with a spatula until the dough comes together.
• Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured counter. Knead the dough gently until smooth, 8 10 times. Pat the dough into a 9: circle, about 3/4" thick.
• Using a floured cutter, stamp out 6 biscuits and arrange upside down on the prepared baking sheet. Gather the remaining dough, pat into a 3/4" thick circle and stamp out the remaining 6 biscuits.
• Bake until the biscuits begin to rise, about 5 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Continue to bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes longer. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• Note: The biscuits can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

FEATHERWEIGHT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F degrees.
• Sift together first 6 ingredients into large bowl.
• Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add buttermilk and stir until dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto floured surface; knead until smooth, about 8 turns.
• Roll out the dough to 1 inch thickness.
• Using 2 inch diameter biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits.
• Gather scraps and roll out to 1 inch thickness and cut out additional biscuits.
• Transfer biscuits to large ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake until golden, about 12 minutes.
• Serve warm.

LIGHTER BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar into the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade.
• Process for about 2 seconds.
• Drop the margarine pieces on top of the flour and process for about 8 seconds.
• The mixture will be the consistency of coarse crumbs.
• Do not overprocess.
• Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.
• Alternatively, cut the margarine into the flour using a pastry blade, 2 forks, or your fingertips.
• Stir the buttermilk into the dry ingredients with a fork just until combined.
• When the biscuit dough holds together, drop it by large spoonfuls onto the baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the biscuits are puffy and lightly browned.
• Serve them immediately.

LIGHTER-THAN-AIR BUTTERMILK BISCUITS (SOUTHERN LIVING)

Steps:

• Cut 1/3 cup butter into flour with a pastry blender until crumbly; add buttermilk, stirring just until ingredients are moistened.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface; knead 3 or 4 times.
• Pat or roll dough to 3/4-inch thickness; cut with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 425* for 12 to 14 minutes. Brush biscuits with melted butter, if desired . Yield: 8 biscuits.