This Low Calorie Biscuits recipe is just 170 calories and made with a low calorie buttermilk swap that I know you will love.
I originally made these healthy buttermilk biscuits to go with my biscuits and gravy recipe, but they are so yummy I make these just to serve alone too.
These low calorie buttermilk biscuits are easy and fun to make. All of the ingredients are easy to find and I even supplied low sodium tips in the nutrition section.
Low Calorie Biscuits
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Ingredients in Healthy Biscuits
You can easily make buttermilk with any unsweetened milk. Do this by simply adding lemon juice to the milk and letting it sit.
It is very important that you use fresh lemon juice though, so grab a fresh lemon to make this recipe.
Shopping List for Healthy Buttermilk Biscuits:
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Fresh lemon juice
- All-purpose flour (or gluten free flour)
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt (see nutrition section for sodium reducing tips)
- Unsalted butter
How to Make Healthy Biscuits
I like to use parchment paper to keep these biscuits from sticking to the baking sheet. It also means the cleanup is extra easy.
But if you don’t have or don’t want to use parchment paper, you can oil or grease the baking sheet with butter instead.
How to Make Healthy Buttermilk Biscuits:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the almond milk and lemon juice to a bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together.
- To the dry ingredients, add the cold butter and use your fingers or a pastry cutter to work the butter into the flour mixture until the butter is as small as peas.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients, and gently stir in the almond milk while mixing at the same time. You will get a tacky dough out of this, and if need be, add 1 tablespoon of almond milk at a time until you have a tacky yet moldable dough.
- Add a little flour to a clean surface, and move the dough to the floured surface.
- Form into a 1-inch disk and cut with a floured biscuit cutter, cookie cutter, or a cup.
- Add the biscuits to the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush the tops with melted butter, and press the centers in just a little (this will keep the tops flat) giving them a dimple in the center.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve hot.
Low Calorie Biscuits Recipe
These healthy buttermilk biscuits are amazing with my Low Calorie Biscuits and Gravy, or as a side dish. Here are some more low calorie bred substitutions I think you’ll love.
More Low Calorie Side Dish Recipes:
Low Calorie Biscuits
Equipment
- Biscuit Cutter (or cup)
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice fresh
- 2 cups all-purpose flour or gluten free flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter chopped
- 1 teaspoon melted butter optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the almond milk and lemon juice to a bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together.
- To the dry ingredients, add the cold butter and use your fingers or a pastry cutter to work the butter into the flour mixture until the butter is as small as peas.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients, and gently stir in the almond milk while mixing at the same time. You will get a tacky dough out of this, and if need be, add 1 tablespoon of almond milk at a time until you have a tacky yet moldable dough.
- Add a little flour to a clean surface, and move the dough to the floured surface.
- Form into a 1-inch disk and cut with a floured biscuit cutter, cookie cutter, or a cup.
- Add the biscuits to the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush the tops with melted butter, and press the centers in just a little (this will keep the tops flat) giving them a dimple in the center.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve hot.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Biscuits
Sodium Reducing Tips: Remove the salt from the recipe, though this will not remove all the sodium as the baking soda has sodium.
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