Title: Cranberry Biscuits with Smoked Turkey
Categories: Sandwich
Yield: 10 Servings

2	c	Bread flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
2	tb	Vegetable shortening
3	tb	Sugar
1	pk	Dry yeast
2/3	c	Warm nonfat buttermilk, 105 to 115 dregrees
2	tb	Warm water, 105 to 115 degrees
1/2	c	Dried cranberries
		Vegetable cooking spray
1	lb	Thinly sliced cooked turkey breast
		Spicy Mustard, (optional)

Combine first 3 ingredients in food processor, and pulse 2 times or until blended. Add shortening, and process for 10 seconds or until blended.

Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm buttermilk and water in a small bowl; let stand 5 minutes. With processor on, slowly add yeast mixture through food chute; process until dough leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead in cranberries. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness; cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter into 20 biscuits.

Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Let rise, uncovered, in a warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, 20 minutes or until puffy.

Bake at 425 degrees for 8 minutes or until golden. Split biscuits, and fill each with 3/4 ounce turkey. Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 2 biscuits).

Per serving: 198 Calories; 4g Fat (18% calories from fat); 15g Protein; 26 g Carbohydrate; 20 mg Cholesterol; 749mg Sodium Recipe by: Cooking Light, April 1995, page 64

By igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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