Perfect Baking Powder Biscuits

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• About 3/4 cup milk

Details

Servings 8
Cooking time 12mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder and salt into medium bowl.

Cut shortening into flour mixture, with a pastry blender or 2 knives (use scissors-fashion), until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

Make a well in center. Pour in 2/3 cup milk all at once. Stir quickly round bowl, with fork. If mixture seems dry, add a little more milk, to for dough just moist enough (but not wet) to leave side of bowl and form ball.

Turn out dough onto a light floured surface, to knead. Gently pick up dough from side away from you; fold over toward you; press out lightly with palm of hand. Give dough a quarter turn. Repeat ten times.

Gently roll out dough, from center, to 1/2 to3/4-inch thickness.

With floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut straight down into dough, being careful not to twist cutter.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet; bake 12 to 15 minutes.