Baking Powder Biscuits

Name: Baking Powder Biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 15 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 cup vegetable shortening; 2/3 cup milk

Submitted by mollyoe

"Such a fan of these! I literally have an addiction. I suppose their not very healthy, but they're good for the soul. The family loves them."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 15

ingredients

2 cups flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon sugar
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable shortening
²⁄₃ cup milk

directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Grease 2 8-inch cake pans.
Put flour, salt, baking powder, cream of tartar, and sugar in a bowl.
Cut shortning into flour with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add milk all at once and stir just until dough forms a ball around fork.
Turn dough onto lightly floured board or pastry cloth and kneed 14 times.
Pat until 1/2 inch thick.
Cut into rounds with a 2-inch cookie cutter.
Place touching each other in cake pans and bake for 15-20 minutes.