I love biscuits and sausage gravy. This is one of those recipes that goes right into comfort food. I don’ t alter recipes to be fat free or calorie reduced.

If you haven’t noticed since they have started this fat free and reduced or low calorie craze there are not lots of skinny people running around.

That’s because most of it is tasteless and non filling. It just makes you eat more.

I’d rather have good food and eat less if I have too.

When I throw in a healthy recipe it is only because it taste good.

Having said that here is one those with great taste.

Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

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Prep time	20 minutes
Cook time	12 minutes
Total time	32 minutes
Meal type	Bread
By author	Deborah Iverson

These are great with homemade jams and jellies or sausage gravy.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour (A little extra for dusting pastry board or cloth)
• 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Soda
• 5 tablespoons Shortening
• 1 cup Buttermilk

Directions

Step 1

I start out with a large mixing bowl right on my pastry cloth. Add flour, baking powder, salt and soda. Mix with whisk.

Step 2

Add shortening to dry ingredients.

Step 3

Cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Step 4

Add buttermilk all at once. Stir until dough follows fork around bowl.

Step 5

Turn out on floured pastry cloth and knead 30 seconds. Roll out to desired thickness and cut.

Step 6

Bake on greased cookie sheet at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

I have tried different shortening but Crisco is the one that seems to work the best for me.

Another tip when making anything that calls for flour. Use a very fresh flour. I’m really lucky because we have a flour mill close to where I live. I only use flour from Lehi Roller Mills.