Touch-of-Grace Biscuits

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1.5 cups Southern self-rising flour (see notes)
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 to 1.25 cups buttermilk or .75 c buttermilk and .5 cup heavy or whipping cream
• 1 cup bleached all-purpose flour for shaping (see Notes)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted