Herbed Angel Biscuits
With 3 leavening agents, anybody can make Herbed Angel Biscuits with guaranteed results of light, airy and tender ones!
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 434kcal
Ingredients
- 1 package instant yeast 2 1/4 teaspoons
- ¼ cup warm water
- 3 ½ - 4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 6 tablespoons cold butter
- ¼ cup cold vegetable shortening
- 1 cup warm buttermilk
Topping Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place warm water (about 120 F) in a shallow bowl. Sprinkle yeast on top and wait until it becomes foamy (5-10 minutes).
- In a large bowl, combine 3 ½ cups of the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, parsley, thyme and red pepper. Stir to combine.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter and shortening until it is the size of small peas.
- Heat buttermilk until it is lukewarm, about 1 minute in the microwave.
- Add buttermilk to the proofed yeast and mix to combine.
- Add the buttermilk combination a little at a time, until you have a soft and elastic dough.
- Add a little more flour if necessary, if the dough is too wet. The dough should be soft and elastic, but not sticky.
- Place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with non stick spray. Cover with a kitchen towel.
- Leave to rest in a warm place for about 2 hours, until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray a 12” cast iron pan with non stick spray.
- On a lightly floured surface, pat dough to about 1” thick.
- Fold over twice into a triangle and pat to 1” thick again. Repeat.
- Using a 3” biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits using an up and down motion.
- Transfer to prepared pan with biscuits touching.
- Repeat and pat and fold procedure with the leftover dough and cut out the remaining biscuits.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
- Combine melted butter with salt and mix to combine or use salted butter.
- Brush biscuits with melted butter.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until slightly golden.
- Brush with melted butter again when you remove them from the oven.
Nutrition
Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 349IU | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 4mg
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