Featherweight Buttermilk Biscuits

Featherweight Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
sugars, granulated
cornstarch
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
leavening agents, baking soda
salt, table
butter, without salt
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat

Directions:
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.