Baking Powder Biscuits

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

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees. grease two 8-inch cake pans.
• 2 put the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl.
• 3 cut in the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 add the milk all at once and stir just until the dough forms a ball around the fork.
• 5 turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead 14 times.
• 6 pat until 1/2-inch thick.
• 7 cut into rounds with a 2-inch cookie cutter.
• 8 place, touching each other, in the cake pans and bake for 15-20 minutes.
• 9 crusty biscuits.
• 10 roll biscuits to 1/4-inch thick and place 1-inch apart in pan.
• 11 bake in a 450 degree oven for 12 minutes.
• 12 yields almost double the biscuits.
• 13 buttermilk biscuits.
• 14 use 2/3 cup buttermilk instead of sweet milk, 1/2 teaspoons baking soda and only 2 teaspoons baking powder.
• 15 cheese biscuits.
• 16 add 1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese to dry ingredients.
• 17 drop biscuits.
• 18 add additional 1/3 cup milk and use a baking sheet.