Ingredients
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- 2 C flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 2 Tb sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 C shortening
- 2/3 C milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients. Using a pastry cutter, blend in the shortening until evenly distributed and the pieces are the size of small peas.
- Make a well in the center of your mixture and add the milk. Use a wooden spoon mix together your dough, starting from the well of milk and working your way outward. Your dough will still seem a bit crumbly.
- Dump onto a lightly floured counter and knead gently about 15 times until the dough comes together. Roll to a 1″ thick disk and cut with a floured biscuit cutter. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Serve immediately.
Notes
**For freezer, prepare the dough as listed above, but do not bake. Place cut, uncooked biscuits on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer overnight. Once frozen, toss in a freezer bag. To prepare, preheat oven to 425 degrees and bake frozen biscuits for 13-15 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscuit
- Calories: 165
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 357mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg