5-Ingredient Tea Biscuits

Name: 5-Ingredient Tea Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 15-18 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup shortening or 1/4 cup margarine; 1 cup milk or 1 cup buttermilk

Submitted by Derf2440

"Plain biscuits can be delicious with butter and a little homemade jam!!"

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photo by havent the slightest

Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 15-18

ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ cup shortening or 1/4 cup margarine
1 cup milk or 1 cup buttermilk

directions

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender, until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
Make a well in the centre of these ingredients, add liquid slowly.
When all the liquid has been added, stir dough rather vigoroursly until it comes freely from the side of the bowl.
Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead lightly for a few minutes.
Roll or pat out to desired thickness, about 1/2 inch.
Cut dough with 2 inch floured biscuit cutter, or floured open end of glass, place on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

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Reviews

these were excellent. I used whole wheat pastry flour, buttermilk, and butter instead of shortening. I made 1/3 of the recipe and added raisins to some of the biscuits, which yielded 4 raisin and 2 regular biscuits. Instead of flattening them, I formed them into balls and so they baked into puffs. Thanks for the recipe, I'll definitely be making these again!

havent the slightest
These were good! I cut out heart shapes for the kids for Valentine's Day. I also cut out some maple leafs, in honour of the Olympics, and spread raspberry jam over them while they were still a bit warm so it ran down the sides better. A great ode to Canada for the kids!

helev
These were fast, simple and delicious! I'll definitely be making them when I need something to add to a meal in a hurry!

Elaine101
Loved these little biscuits - BF and I used them to make mini sausage biscuit sandwiches - even added fried egg. Was surprised by how tasty they are considering the low calories and simple ingredients. Thanks, Derf!

Morganne
These remind my mom how much she missed her grandma baking. These taste just ike hers, Thank you for giving us this recipe.

sassysandy36

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light, flaky and delicious. Very easy to make. I used butter instead of margerine or shortening. I used my stand mixer to cut in the butter and mix in the liquid. It only took about 10 seconds to mix in the liquid. These came out very yummy.

stjoanofca

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