Healthful Cooking: Gingered Wheat Biscuits

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Gingered Wheat Biscuits

 

Recipe By : Healthful Cooking, Mary Carroll, Star Tribune 11/01

Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Breads, Quick

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese

2 tablespoons cold butter

cut into small pieces

3/4 cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons minced candied ginger

Oil

 

Makes 10.

 

My favorite biscuit recipe was inspired by Teaism, a restaurant in

Washington, D.C.

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking

powder, baking soda and salt. Using pastry blender or 2 table knives, cut

in cream cheese and butter until pea-sized lumps form. Stir in buttermilk

with fork. Add ginger and mix lightly to combine.

 

Gather dough into ball and knead 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 oil.

 

Place biscuits on parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or

until golden.

 

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 140, Carbohydrates 22 g,

Protein 4 g, Fat 5 g, including sat. fat 2 g, Cholesterol 9 mg, Sodium 390

mg, Calcium 120 mg, Dietary fiber 1 g. Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1

1/2 bread/ starch exch. and 1 fat exch.

 

 

 

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