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Ingredients
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| baking powder: 4 tsp |
| cream of tartar: 1/2 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 1 Tbl |
| shortening - vegetable: 1/2 cup |
| 2% milk: 2/3 cup |
Baking Powder Biscuits
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User rating:
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
15 min -
Servings
15 serving(s)
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- 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.