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Ingredients
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 4 cups |
| baking powder: 2 Tbl |
| granulated sugar: 3 Tbl |
| cream of tartar: 1 1/4 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| multipurpose shortening: 1/2 cup |
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (cold) |
| 2% milk: 1 1/3 cups |
Better Biscuits
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
10 min -
Servings
20 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Sift together all dry ingredients in a medium size bowl.
- Stir ingredients to ensure ingredients are evenly dispearsed.
- Cut in shortening and butter until mixture looks like small peas or crumbs.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add all milk at once in the well.
- Stir just until dough starts to stick together. (The key to fluffy biscuits is little handeling).
- Transfer dough onto a floured board.
- Sprinkle dough and hands with flour to prevent sticking.
- Kneed dough gently 8 - 10 strokes; add flour little by little as needed to keep from sticking.
- Shape dough into a large rectangle about 1/2 inch thick using your hands.
- Cut using a large knife into squares; don't slide knife through, gently lift up.
- Place biscuits onto ungreased baking sheet about 1/2 inch apart, buiscuts will rise double its orginal size.
- Bake for about 10 minutes until tops begin to brown.
- Serve warm or cold with butter, honey, or fruit preserves.
- Store in an air-tight container.