This recipe has Sugar as 62.8% (as a percentage of RDA).
You may need to take this into account today to balance out your diet.
Nutrition Rating Details
Here are the percentages used to determine the nutritional rating for this recipe:
• Calcium: 7.7% of RDA
• Calories: 15.8% of RDA
• Carbs: 18.1% of RDA
• Fat (total lipid): 16.5% of RDA
• Fiber: 11.3% of RDA
• Fructose: 0.0% of RDA
• Protein: 12.5% of RDA
• Sodium: 16.5% of RDA
• Sugar: 62.8% of RDA
• Vitamin A (IU): 13.0% of RDA
• Vitamin B6: 10.3% of RDA
• Vitamin C: 1.4% of RDA
• Iron: 3.0% of RDA
• Magnesium: 12.5% of RDA
• Manganese: 33.3% of RDA
• Niacin: 37.6% of RDA
• Potassium: 12.9% of RDA
• Zinc: 12.1% of RDA
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PREPARATION
PREPARING THE DOUGH
1.
Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine flour, 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp maple sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
2.
Cut in 5 tbsp butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
3.
Add the milk and figs, stirring until a soft dough forms.
BAKING THE BISCUITS
4.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop the dough by heaping spoonfuls into 12 mounds, 2 inches apart.
5.
Melt the remaining 1 tbsp of butter and brush evenly over biscuits.
6.
Sprinkle the biscuits evenly with the remaining 3 tbsp of maple sugar.
7.
Bake at 400 F for 16 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden.
THIS RECIPE CAN BE CUSTOMIZED
1.
Make it Gluten Free!
A gluten-free variant of this recipe can be made.
Just make the following substutions: gluten-free all-purpose flour for all-purpose flour and gluten-free baking powder for baking powder.
2.
Make it Wheat Free!
A wheat-free variant of this recipe can be made.
Just make the following substutions: gluten-free all-purpose flour for all-purpose flour and gluten-free baking powder for baking powder.
COMPLETE NUTRITION
This recipe has the following nutrient totals:
Calories 316
Protein 14.1 g
Carbohydrates 49.7 g
Iron 0.56 mg
Fiber 3.16 g
Calcium 77.0 mg
(plus many more nutrients)
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