Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 to 1 cup milk or
- half milk and half water
Instructions
Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add shortening and chop with knife until mealy. Add milk gradually until a soft spongy dough. Turn on to a floured board; toss with knife until whole surface is floured; pat lightly with rolling pin until one half inch thick. Cut in rounds and bake immediately on buttered sheet in quick oven, about twelve minutes.