Comments on: Lightened Buttermilk Biscuits

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:11:22 +0000

Thank you for making the lightened up biscuit so that I don’t have to :-). I am intrigued by the idea of using olive oil, though – wonder how a flavored oil would work?

By: Linda Lindquist

Linda Lindquist — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:21:31 +0000

I’ve had good luck substituting olive or cannola oil for the butter. You might try half oil & half butter (1/3 cup total) to see how you like the taste. Melt the butter & oil together. (I’ve had no issues with not using the cold butter) You’ve got to have fat for the flakiness / lightness. But at least you can choose your poisons!
Handle dough as little as possible. This recipe really worked the dough a lot. Replace step 3 with this: mix together until dough just holds it’s shape. Dough should be almost “wet”. YOur; not making cookies! Pat out on lightly floured surface, cut with cutter, dipped in flour to keep from sticking & place on lightly lightly oiled pan. Made a lot of biscuits this way!

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:46:46 +0000

In reply to Jessica Macpherson. Possibly, although I think the problem with this recipe is that they slashed the butter in half. I agree on the low-fat versus non-fat. It's not worth the little calorie count to go all the way down to tasteless non-fat. Blech!

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:45:44 +0000

In reply to Lesley. Ooo, didn't know about Perl. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out soon!

By: Jessica Macpherson

Jessica Macpherson — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:20:14 +0000

Could you maybe try it with low fat buttermilk? I find that the difference between non fat and low fat is huge. I love low fat cream cheese, blah on the non fat. Same definitely goes towards cheese. And creamy dressings – barf! Give me my fat in those!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:07:19 +0000

Oh, no. Just no. You are right; some things just should not be low-cal/low-fat.

That Bathtub Gin is amazing. Love that stuff. Perl Catering has some fantastic jams, too. You can get it at The Turnip Truck.