Upside-down Orange Biscuits With Variation

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Tasteofhome	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	All-purpose flour
1	T	Baking powder
1/2	t	Salt
3	T	Shortening
3/4	c	Milk
2	T	Butter or margarine, soft
1/4	c	Sugar
1	t	Ground cinnamon
		Topping
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Orange juice
3	T	Butter or margarine, melt
2	t	Orange peel, grate
		Topping for variation
1	c	Confectioners' sugar
1	T	Butter or margarine, melt
5	t	Milk, 5 to 6
1/8	t	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine flour, baking powder or salt; cut in shortening until mixture
resembes coarse crumbs. Stir in milk just until moistened. Turn onto a
lightly floured surface; knead gently 10 to 12 times. Roll into a
15x12" rectangle. Spread with butter. Combine the sugar and cinnamon;
sprinkle over butter. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting from the
short end. Cut into 12 equal slices. Place, cut side down, in a
greased 9" round baking pan. Combine topping ingredients; pour over
biscuits. Bake at 450~ for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool in pan 5 minutes; invert onto a platter and serve warm.
VARIATION-Use 4 tb butter instead of 3 tb shortening in biscuit dough.
Knead 8 to 10 times. Roll into an 11x8" rectangle. Brush with 1 tb
melted butter. Combine 1/4 c sugar and 1 ts ground cinnamon and  spread
on butter. Prepare as above baking in an 8" square pan,  brushed with 1
tb melted butter. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Combine  sugar, butter,
milk and vanilla extract; spread over warm biscuits.  Serve
immediately.  Source: Taste of Home.  Submitted to RecipeLu List by
Ruth <pookypook@aol.com> by PookyPook  <PookyPook@aol.com> on Jan 24,
1998.  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 185 Calories From Fat: 51 Total Fat: 5.7g Cholesterol: 3.7mg Sodium: 242.5mg Potassium: 69.7mg Carbohydrates: 30.9g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 14.3g Protein: 2.8g