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Old-Fashioned Biscuits (From My Great Recipe Cards)

Old-Fashioned Biscuits (From My Great Recipe Cards) Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate leavening agents, baking soda salt,...

Old-Fashioned Biscuits (From My Great Recipe Cards)

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
leavening agents, baking soda
salt, table
sugars, granulated
butter, without salt
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat

Directions:
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a bowl.
Cut in butter using pastry cutter or use 2 knives.
With fork stir in buttermilk to make a soft dough (I have used an equal amount of buttermilk powder with added water and it works wonderfully in this recipe.
Turn out onto lightly floured workspace and knead no more than 10 times to form a ball (if you over do it the biscuits can be tough).
Roll into a 6" x 6" square.
Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Cut into 12 portions but do not separate.
Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve with butter, honey, jam, or gravy.