Basic Biscuits

Basic Biscuits

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
salt, table
butter, without salt
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
Use a pastry cutter or a fork to quickly work the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir with a fork just to combine.
Work quickly, stirring as little as possible, until a soft, shaggy dough forms.
Add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough seems too dry.
Gather the dough into a ball and roll or pat the dough out to a 1/2-inch-thick circle on a lightly floured work surface.
Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or glass, cut out as many biscuits as possible.
Place them an inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.