Spiced Pumpkin Biscuits

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 9 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 cups)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/3 cup fat-free buttermilk
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 3 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°.
• 2 weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. chill 10 minutes.
• 3 combine buttermilk and honey, stirring with a whisk until well blended; add canned pumpkin. add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.
• 4 turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 times. roll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour.
• 5 fold dough crosswise into thirds (as if folding a piece of paper to fit into an envelope). reroll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour. fold dough crosswise into thirds; gently roll or pat to a 3/4-inch thickness.
• 6 cut dough with a 1 3/4-inch biscuit cutter to form 14 dough rounds. place dough rounds, 1 inch apart, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• 7 bake at 400° for 14 minutes or until golden. remove from pan; cool 2 minutes on wire racks. serve warm.