Recipe courtesy of Marion Cunningham
Baking Powder Biscuits
- Yield: 15 biscuits
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 15 servings
- Calories
- 111
- Total Fat
- 5
- Saturated Fat
- 1
- Carbohydrates
- 14
- Dietary Fiber
- 0
- Sugar
- 1
- Protein
- 2
- Cholesterol
- 2
- Sodium
- 89
- Total: 40 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup whole milk
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- Grease on 8-inch square baking pan or small baking sheet.
- Put the flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the vegetable shortening and toss it to coat with the flour. Break the chunk into 5 or 6 smaller chunks and start rubbing the flour and shortening together with your fingers and letting the mixture fall back into the bowl. This does not take long; when the mixture looks like irregular lumps you have mixed enough.
- Add the milk all at once and stir to moisten all the flour and shortening. Dust a surface with flour, turn the dough onto the surface and knead the dough ten times.
- Pat the dough into a circle about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. Cut the biscuits with a two-inch cookie cutter and place on the prepared pan with a little space between the biscuits.
- Bake 15-18 minutes or until the tops are lightly browned.
- Serve hot with butter and honey.