Baking Powder Biscuits

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

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup crisco
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 large beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 sift together flour and baking powder.
• 2 stir in salt and sugar.
• 3 cut in the crisco until the mixture resembles crumbs.
• 4 stir together eggs and milk.
• 5 make a well in the dry mixture and stir in the milk mixture with a fork.
• 6 stir just to moisten, then turn out onto a lightly floured board.
• 7 knead about 15 times, then pat lightly into a circle, about 1/2-inch thick.
• 8 (the secret to light and fluffy biscuits is to handle the dough as little as possible) with a sharp round cutter, cut out rounds, without twisting the cutter.
• 9 just give it a sharp tap, then lift straight up (twisting the cutter causes the biscuits to slope over when they are baking) place on a baking sheet.
• 10 bake at 350°f for 15 to 20 minutes.
• 11 serve warm.