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My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat takes 5 minutes to prepare.

My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat takes 10 minutes to cook.

My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat are:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup canola or olive oil
2/3 cup 2% milk (use buttermilk for richer flavor, or skim or 1% to cut fat further - I find 2% is a happy medium of fat and flavor!)

Here is how you make My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat:

Preheat oven to 425F.Sift flour; add baking powder and salt. With large spoon, mix dry ingredients well and break up any lumps. Add oil (which replaces lard in traditional recipes) and milk, moisten with spoon then flour hands and mix dough by hand until homogenous. Knead a few times, but don't overwork the dough or it will become elastic from the gluten. Dough should be firm and not sticky.Now, here's the really critical part: take 2 tbsp of oil and heat in the bottom of iron skillet. Once hot, evenly coat bottom of skillet and remove from skillet from heat. Divide dough equally into 12 (or however many) parts for biscuits. Roll in hands quickly to form ball, and flatten with palm to about 3/4-in thickness (for a dozen biscuits). Thicker biscuits are fine, you just may have to adjust cooking time. Arrange in bottom of skillet, but try to keep space around each biscuit. I use a 12" iron skillet, and a dozen biscuits fit perfectly every time.Bake at 425F for 10-12 minutes on middle rack. If biscuits are thicker, add baking time. Biscuits should be golden brown on top.Enjoy with butter, honey, molasses, apple butter... or well, anything. They're even scrumptious plain! Enjoy!Serving Size: Makes 12 biscuitsNumber of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SHINING_ON.

The nutritional information for My Best Biscuits: Southern-style, whole wheat, and reduced fat is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 113.9

• Total Fat: 5.1 g
• Cholesterol: 1.1 mg
• Sodium: 238.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 15.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
• Protein: 3.2 g