Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of shortening
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 2/3 cups milk
Details
Servings 16
Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut shortening into flour with a pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in just enough milk so dough leaves side of bowl and rounds up into a ball. (Too much milk makes dough sticky; not enough makes biscuits dry.)
Turn dough onto lightly floured cloth-covered board. Knead lightly ten times. Roll or pat dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with floured 2 inch biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart for crusty sides, touching for soft sides. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet.
Bacon Biscuits: Stir 1/2 cup crispy fried and crumpled bacon into flour shortening mixture.
Buttermilk Biscuits: Substitute 3/4 cup buttermilk for the milk.
Cheese Biscuits: Stir in 1/2 cup shredded cheddar or process American cheese with the milk.
Chive Biscuits: Stir in 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon snipped chives with the milk.
Curry Biscuits: Stir in 1/4 teaspoon curry powder into the flour.
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