Baking Powder Biscuits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 2 grease 2 8-inch cake pans.
• 3 put flour, salt, baking powder, cream of tartar, and sugar in a bowl.
• 4 cut shortning into flour with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 5 add milk all at once and stir just until dough forms a ball around fork.
• 6 turn dough onto lightly floured board or pastry cloth and kneed 14 times.
• 7 pat until 1/2 inch thick.
• 8 cut into rounds with a 2-inch cookie cutter.
• 9 place touching each other in cake pans and bake for 15-20 minutes.