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Blueberry Biscuits

Source of Recipe


Southern Living, November 2000






List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, thawed
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1/2 cup sugar
  
• 1/3 cup shortening
  
• 1 large egg
  
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
  
• 3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted
  
• 2 Tbsp sugar
  
• 4 tsp ground cinnamon
  






Instructions



1. Pat blueberries dry with paper towels; set aside.
   
   
2. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until crumbly. Whisk together egg and buttermilk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in blueberries. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead 3 or 4 times. Pat or roll dough to ¾-inch thickness; cut with a 2 ¾-inch round cutter, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
   
   
3. Bake at 400° F for 15 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown. Stir together butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, and cinnamon; brush mixture over warm biscuits.
   
   Makes 8 biscuits.