Whole grain spelt with cranberries to make the perfect healthy holiday buttermilk biscuits. We also show you an excellent trick in the video for using the WonderMix mixer for cutting the butter quickly and perfectly.
Cranberry Yeasted Buttermilk Biscuits
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 and one half cubes of butter, chilled
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup room temperature buttermilk
- 3/4 cup Chef Brad’s Cranberry Sauce
- 5 cups sifted whole grain flour, spelt works really well.
- 1 cup white flour
Instructions
- In separate dish mix yeast, water, and sugar.
- Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
- In WonderMix mixer with whips add, flour, baking soda and powder, salt, sugar, and chopped chilled butter.
- Turn on mixer and cut the butter into the flour. Do not over mix.
- You want the butter to be pea size.
- Take off whips and put on dough hook.
- Add yeast mixture, cranberry sauce, and half the butter milk.
- Turn on and mix adding more buttermilk if needed. You want a really moist and sticky dough. Once again do not over mix.
- Place lid on mixer and let rise.
- Later remove from mixer on floured surface and gently knead.
- Roll out dough and cut with biscuit cutter.
- Place close together on baking pan and bake in a hot 400 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
