2 cups All Purpose Flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 c milk
Heat oven to 450
Dry ingredients into bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture looks crumbly. Add milk all at once stirring up quickly and vigorously with fork until mixture forms a ball and no flour remains in bowl. DO NOT OVER MIX
TUrn dough onto lightly floured cloth covered board
Knead lightly 20-25 minutes. Roll dough 1/2 inch thick
Cut with floured biscuit cutter or CAN..place on ungreased baking sheet
bake about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
makes about 12
for richer biscuits increase shortening to 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp and decrease milk to 2/3 cup
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