Seeded Cornmeal Biscuits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup stone ground whole grain cornmeal
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 7 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups low-fat buttermilk
• cooking spray
• 1 egg , slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 lightly spoon flours and cornmeal into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• 3 combine flours, cornmeal, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl; stir with a whisk.
• 4 cut in utter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 5 add buttermilk; stir just until moist.
• 6 turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
• 7 roll dough to a 3/4 inch thickness; cut with a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter .
• 8 place 12 biscuits on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 9 brush tops of biscuits with egg .
• 10 combine seeds in a small bowl, sprinkle evenly over biscuits (saving enough for second batch of biscuits.
• 11 bake for 10 minutes or until biscuits are golden; place on a wire rack.
• 12 repeat with remaining 12 biscuits.