Shirley Corriher's "Touch-of-Grace" Southern Biscuits - Atlanta Magazine

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 2 cups spooned and leveled self-rising flour (low-protein Southern U.S. flour like White Lily or any self-rising flour)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup buttermilk, or enough for dough to resemble cottage cheese (if you are not using low-protein flour, it will take more than 1 cup)
• 1 cup plain all-purpose flour, for shaping
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, for brushing