Baking Powder Biscuits

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter, softened (shortening or margarine is an acceptable substitute)
• 3/4 cup buttermilk (or 2/3 cup milk)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 40.
• 2 in mixer combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 3 with mixer on low speed, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 4 slowly add buttermilk until mixture forms a dough.
• 5 replace mixing blade with dough hook and allow dough to be kneaded on a low speed for 3-5 minutes (or knead by hand until all lumps are gone and dough is firm but elastic).
• 6 sprinkle rolling board or table with flour.
• 7 with rolling pin, roll dough out to about 1/2 an inch thickness.
• 8 using a biscuit cutter or the top of a glass (i use a beer pint glass) cut out as many biscuits as you can. place biscuits on a greased baking sheet.
• 9 knead dough several times until you have an unbroken ball. roll out again to 1/2 an inch thickness, cut out biscuits. repeat as many times as necessary to use dough.
• 10 bake for 12-15 minutes until top of biscuits are golden.