Biscuits - Buttermilk Biscuits

Biscuits - Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
salt, table
leavening agents, baking soda
shortening, vegetable, household, composite
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees (225 C.).
In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the shortening into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
Add the buttermilk, tossing with a fork wuntil a dough forms.
Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface.
Gather into a disk.
Knead lightly a few times just until smooth.
Pat dough to 3/4 inch thick.
Using a biscuit cutter or a glass dipped in flour, cut out biscuits.
Place the biscuits, 2 inches apart, on an ungreased baking sheet.
Gather dough trimmings, pat to 3/4-in.
thick, and cut out more biscuits.
Bake the biscuits until golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
Serve hot.