Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup buttermilk chilled
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450
In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using your fingertips rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be sticky.
turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over onto itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1 inch thick round, Cut out biscuits with a 2 inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on the baking sheet so that they just touch. reform scrap, working it as little as possible and continue cutting
Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top 15-20 mins