Traditional Baking Powder Biscuits

Traditional Baking Powder Biscuits

Ingredients:
1/3 cup shortening
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour*
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk

Directions:
Heat oven to 450º. Cut shortening into flour, baking powder and salt with
pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in just enough
milk so dough leaves side of bowl and rounds up into a ball. (Too much
milk makes dough sticky; not enough milk makes biscuits dry.)
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 10 times. Roll or
pat to 1/2 inch thick. Cut with floured 2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart for crusty sides, touching for
soft sides.
Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie
sheet.
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Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"12 Biscuits"
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