Low Sodium Biscuits
Flaky, buttery biscuits without all the sodium!
Servings: 8 Biscuits
Calories: 166kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons Hain Sodium Free Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425'F.
- Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add butter in chunks. Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry cutter.
- Add milk and mix with a fork until just combined.
- Turn dough onto a well-floured surface. Shape into a rectangle, about an inch thick. Work with dough as little as possible to help keep the biscuits light and flaky! Let dough sit 20-30 minutes.
- Shape dough into rectangle about 10x6 inches. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut out 8 biscuits. Place on baking sheet.
- Bake 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition Facts (per biscuit or 1/8 recipe)*: 166 calories, 7g fat, 4g saturated fat, 18mg cholesterol, 130mg sodium, 23g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 2.5g added sugar, 3g protein, 309mg calcium, 545mg potassium, 49mg phosphorus, 10mg oxalate
*Nutrition facts account for 20% dough loss
Recipe modified from "All Purpose Biscuit", New York Times. Available here.