Light Pumpkin Spice Biscuits

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Had my life worked out in the pattern it was supposed to and my lovely blog behave like I programmed it to, this wouldn’t be a new post. In fact, you would have oogled, ooohed and ahhed over these luscious light pumpkin spice biscuits yesterday for my first Sunday Suppers. Sadly though life and technology just don’t wanna work like a team. But we’ll get to that in a second. First? You gotta see these biscuits.

So the theme for this week was all things orange. I knew given my current crack like addiction to pumpkin, that would be my main source of orange. But I didn’t want to do a baked good or a soup or a pasta. I wanted to do something savory but also something I haven’t seen much of on the interwebs. So, after digging through stacks of old Cooking Lights, I found it and it sang to me. Pumpkin spice biscuits!

A perfect choice for the Sunday Suppers group. Unique, flavorful and absolutely perfect for fall. See, I scheduled my post a few days before it was due to go live, like I often do. On Saturday night, I checked to make sure it was sleeping soundly in the back-end before its big day and it was. Just hanging out waiting to go live and make tons of people smile at its cute-ness. So, on Sunday, in the airport, when the post still hadn’t posted, I did a quick check. And to my dismay, it was gone without a trace.

Given my state already (severe flight anxiety) I was a bit of a mess. I called my husband, pleaded with him to see if he could find it somewhere in the back-end. And when I landed (FINALLY, WAHOO!), he told me it was gone. Sometimes it happens, scheduled posts fall into the deep black hole of the interwebs never to be found again. And guys, I was sad because these biscuits don’t belong in some weird dark side of the Internet. They belong in all of your kitchens. They deserve to be gobbled up in just an hour.

Either way, I knew these pumpkin delicacies deserved another post. I mean, look at them! Look at the flakey, buttery, fluffy little nuggets in front of your face.  Because of the addition of pumpkin and spice, they almost taste like cookies, too! To give these a naturally sweet flavor, I added Coffee Mate’s Natural Bliss vanilla creamer. It’s made with only natural ingredients and is 100% free of anything artificial.

These are absolutely divine paired with coffee or hot cider on those crisp, chilly mornings. Plus, these are fabulous along side a thick and hearty chili, too! Since these are made with just 3 tablespoons of butter, each cute little biscuit has less than 3.5 grams of fat. I’m sad because these are all gone because I could sure use one right now as I try to forge a new relationship between life and technology. Because guys, I’ll probably lose it if I lose another post.

#foodbloggerproblems.

Light Pumpkin Spiced Biscuits

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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: 

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease that with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

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  1. Monday, October 8th, 2012
    these look so yummy
  2. Posted by Erica House on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    These would be so perfect with chili! Can't wait to pair them up soon!
  3. Posted by Sarah on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    I'm very sorry you had a technology catastrophe! I would have been in tears. But we all have those days. Wordpress keeps deleting my photos while I am in the process of writing my post. My webhoist just lost 12 days of stats and tole me oops, it happens. Love the idea of pumpkin and spices to a biscuit. They look gorgeous! Welcome to #SundaySupper!
    • Posted by realistic nutritionsit on
      Monday, October 8th, 2012
      UGH SARAH!! It's so annoying isn't it!
  4. Posted by Pam on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    these look amazing! so sorry they didn't post yesterday, but they are worth the wait!
    • Posted by realistic nutritionist on
      Monday, October 8th, 2012
      Thank you Pam!! I'm so sad they didn't go live yesterday but am glad I had all the photos ready for today!
  5. Posted by Sunithi Selvaraj on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Lovely ! Wholesome & Yummy ! Like the addition of applesauce. Looking forward to more of your recipes Claire :)
  6. Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Pumpkin biscuits? Now you are talkin' here. We just need some fall-inspired gravy and we are golden. Love these!
  7. Posted by Tutti Dolci on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Gorgeous biscuits! I love anything pumpkin!
  8. Posted by Courtney Nielsen on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Healthy biscuits? You are my hero! These look DIVINE. Many thanks!
  9. Posted by kim@hungryhealthygirl on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Those look beeeeautiful!! Don't you hate it when technology just doesn't cooperate? #sofrusterating
  10. Posted by preventionrd on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Worthy of so many things...so many posts :) It was so good meeting you this weekend! Hope we are able to meet again someday soon! :)
    • Posted by realistic nutritionist on
      Monday, October 8th, 2012
      It was so nice meeting you too!! :)
  11. Posted by domesticfits on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Ahhh, sorry to freak you out with that comment tweet! I have no idea what it was doing there for a second! Oh, and these look so amazing. Perfect with a gigantic bowl of soup.
  12. Posted by Rachel @ Baked by Rachel on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    Ooh another excuse to slather butter on something!
  13. Posted by Anita at Hungry Couple on
    Monday, October 8th, 2012
    I want these biscuits!
  14. Posted by justonecookbook on
    Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
    The picture of biscuits with butter on it... oh you got me there. My goodness I can probably EASILY eat 3-4 pieces at once. I can eat a couple for breakfast, lunch and dinner...and snack too. What a nice autumn recipe, Claire!
  15. Posted by Savory Simple on
    Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
    These look fantastic! Great minds think alike :)
  16. Posted by Jen Laceda on
    Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
    Nice! I went to a kiddie cooking class with my daughter one time, and we made pumpkin biscuits! I totally lost the recipe handout they gave us after the class and since then, have been looking for a similar or better recipe. I think I found a good one here. Thanks for sharing, Claire!
  17. Posted by Julia @ Live Pretty on
    Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
    Oh, so yummy. These are on our weekend must-make list.
  18. Posted by kjpugs on
    Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
    Oh. My. Gosh. I am definitely making these when we have family here for Christmas. And next week after vacation. And probably every week after that. YES PLEASE.