Category: Breads - Quick - Dinner Breads

  Date Posted: 10/2/2009

  Author: Theresa Bennett

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makes approximately:

3	5	10	13	15	2 inch biscuits
1/2	1	2	2 1/2	3	cups flour
3/4	1 1/2	3	3 3/4	4 1/2	tsp. baking powder
1/4	1/2	1	1 1/4	1 1/2	tsp. salt
1 3/4	3 1/2	7	8 3/4	10 1/2	Tbsp. shortening
2 Tbsp.	1/4	1/2	5/8	3/4	cup milk
1/2 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 4	3 - 5	4 - 6	Tbsp. more milk

for drop biscuits add:

2 Tbsp.

1/4

1/2

5/8

3/4

Tbsp. more milk

1. Heat oven to 450 deg. Grease a appropriate sized baking pan. 2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. 3. Drop in shortening, 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. Add enough more milk to make a light and soft, but not sticky, dough will cling to the fork in a ball. 6. Using as little flour as possible, to avoid toughness, knead lightly several times on pastry board or cloth. 7. Roll dough out to 1/2 to 3/4 inch thickness. 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. 9. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve hot. NOTE: For meatless meals, add 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups grated cheese to shortening before blending with flour

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