Light Pumpkin Spice Biscuits
Yields about 12 biscuits. Recipe adapted from Cooking Light.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: About 14 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- Dash of salt
- 3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup light cream or buttermilk (I used Coffee Mate Natural Biss vanilla creamer)
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- Additional 1/2 cup flour for kneading and rolling
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease that with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix flours, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt together. Using a pastry knife, cut in butter and applesauce until mixture resembles a course sand. Cover with saran wrap and chill for at least 10 minutes. Once chilled, mix in the cream, canned pumpkin, honey and brown sugar until just combined.
- Scoop dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it about 3 – 4 times, adding extra flour because the dough will be a little moist. Once dough has been kneaded, flour a rolling pin. Roll the dough out to about a 1/2 inch thickness. Fold it over in half and re-roll it out to another 1/2 inch thickness. Fold it over in half again and re-roll. Repeat this one more time, this time rolling it out to about a 3/4 inch thickness. Using a circular biscuit cutter or cookie cutter, cut out biscuits.
- Place biscuits about 1 inch apart on the prepared cooking sheet. Bake for about 12 – 14 minutes. Let cool and then enjoy!
Nutritional information per biscuit:
Calories: 113
Fat: 3.2 grams
Carbohydrates: 19.8 grams
Fiber: 1 gram
Protein: 2.5 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 3