Low sodium Buttermilk/Restaurant-style Biscuits

One thing I never thought I'd have again once I had to go on a sodium restricted diet was biscuits. Most biscuits have at least 500mg of sodium in one biscuit. With this recipe, you can have more than one! Ok...as promised, here is the recipe for low sodium buttermilk biscuits. This will yeild 6 servings at 17 mg sodium per biscuit! Much healthier for anyone! Even if your're healthy, why make your heart work harder?

First you make the buttermilk baking mix. For this you will need:

10 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sodium free baking powder (if you can't find in your grocer, www.saltwatcher.com and www.healthyheartmarket.com carry it)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk powder
1 1/2 teaspoons sodium free baking soda (same as above if you can't find at your grocer!)
2 cups shortening

In a large bowl, mix all ingedients with an electric mixer until particles are small and uniform in size. Store in a tightly covered container. yields 26 servings.

ok now onto the recipe for the biscuits. You will need:

2 cups of the buttermilk baking mix
2 ounces sour cream (look at the labels and get the lowest in sodium)
1/2 cup club soda, room temperature
4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Mix baking mix, sour cream and club soda. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead lightly. Roll or pat to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 6 biscuits with biscuit cutter or sharp knife. Place biscuits in a 8 x 8 baking dish sprayed with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Melt butter and pour over top. Bake at 375 until golden brown, 20 to 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

Recipe taken from the cookbook "500 Low Sodium Recipes, lose the salt not the flavor in meals the whole family will love" by Dick Logue. I highly recommend this cookbook......AWESOME YUMMY HEALTHY RECIPES!