Cranberry biscuits with smoked turkey

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Bread flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Vegetable shortening
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 pack Dry yeast
⅔ cup Warm nonfat buttermilk, 105 to 115 dregrees
2 tablespoons Warm water, 105 to 115 degrees
½ cup Dried cranberries
Vegetable cooking spray
1 pounds Thinly sliced cooked turkey breast
Spicy Mustard, (optional)

Directions

Combine first 3 ingredients in food processor, and pulse 2 times or until blended. Add shortening, and process for 10 seconds or until blended.

Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm buttermilk and water in a small bowl; let stand 5 minutes. With processor on, slowly add yeast mixture through food chute; process until dough leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead in cranberries.

Roll dough to ½-inch thickness; cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter into 20 biscuits.

Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Let rise, uncovered, in a warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, 20 minutes or until puffy.

Bake at 425 degrees for 8 minutes or until golden. Split biscuits, and fill each with ¾ ounce turkey. Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 2 biscuits).

Per serving: 198 Calories; 4g Fat (18% calories from fat); 15g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 20mg Cholesterol; 749mg Sodium Serving Ideas : Serve with Spicy Mustard, if desired.

NOTES : The biscuits are a breeze to make in the food processor; or you can make them by hand.

Recipe by: Cooking Light, April 1995, page 64 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #411 by igor@... on Jan 28, 1997.

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