Tea Biscuits

"Flaky inside, a little crunchy outside. Wonderful with lots of butter while still hot."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
15 biscuits
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine dry ingredients.
  • Cut in the shortening until mixture is like coarse oatmeal.
  • Stir in 3/4 cup milk, then add 1 or 2 tablespoons more milk to form a soft dough.
  • Knead a few strokes on a lightly floured board.
  • Do not overwork dough.
  • Roll to about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Cut with a floured biscuit cutter.
  • Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 425°F for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can I substitute butter for shortening and if so is it the same amount?
     
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Reviews

  1. What's not to love about an easy biscuit recipe? These worked out great and rose up high and light. I consumed a month's worth of butter eating these darned biscuits hot but, what the heck? That's what a homemade biscuit is all about, right?
     
  2. Perfect EaeEast, just perfect. I made 1/2 the recipe and got 5 large biscuits. They were crisp and tender. The butter just sent them over the top. Made just the way I like them, thank you so much for sharing your recipe.
     
  3. These were very good! I ended up with 13 biscuits instead of 15, but it's not a big deal. Next time (there will definitely be a next time!) I'll try making these with cold butter instead of shortening.
     
  4. Very good biscuits,like Mom made
     
  5. I made these for lunch today and got perfect biscuits from this recipe. I always pat my biscuit dough to about 3/4" and that always assures me of getting nice high ones. These rose beautifully for me. *Note: I don't cut and re-roll mine but just cut it once into square's as the more biscuit dough is worked the less it will rise.
     
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Tweaks

  1. These were very good! I ended up with 13 biscuits instead of 15, but it's not a big deal. Next time (there will definitely be a next time!) I'll try making these with cold butter instead of shortening.
     

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