Category: Breads

  Date Posted: 9/27/2009

  Author: Theresa Bennett

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makes approximately:

3	5	10	13	15	2 inch Biscuits
½	1	2	2½	3	cups Flour
3/4	1 ½	3	3 3/4	4 ½	tsp. Baking Powder
1/4	½	1	1 1/4	1 ½	tsp. Salt
1 3/4	3 ½	7	8 3/4	10 ½	Tbl. Butter or Margarine
2 Tbl.	1/4	½	5/8	3/4	cup Milk

for Drop Biscuits add:

2 Tbl.

1/4

½

5/8

3/4

cup more Milk

1. Heat oven to 450 deg. Grease pan. 2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. 3. Drop in butter then cut in with 2 knives until mixture looks like coarse corn meal. 4. Make a small well in center of mixture pour in milk and mix lightly with a fork. (Over stirring can make biscuits tough.) 5. Using as little flour as possible, to avoid toughness, knead lightly several times on pastry board or cloth. 6. Roll dough out to ½ to 3/4 inch thickness. 7. Cut with a 2 inch cutter and place on greased pan. 8. Brush tops of biscuits with milk, cream or melted butter to give them a delicate brown color (optional). 9. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes and serve hot.

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