Ingredients
| self-rising flour (sifted): 4 cups (sifted) |
| lard: 1/2 cup |
| 2% milk: 1 1/3 cups |
| salted butter (melted) |
My Mom's Biscuits
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
15 min -
Servings
11 serving(s)
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Method
- Cut shortening into flour ( I use a pastry blendr but my Mom used her fingers) until crumbly.
- Pour all of the milk in at once.
- Mix briskly and lightly with a fork until dough clings together in a soft ball.
- The less you work the dough the tender the biscuit.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface.
- Knead about 5 times.
- Lightly pat dough to a 1/2 inch thickness.
- We pat the dough out with our hands instead of using a rolling pin.
- Cut biscuits with a 2 3/4 inch round cutter.
- Place the biscuits 1 inch apart on a ungreased baking sheet.
- My Mom baked her biscuits at 450* but I bake mine at 375* for about 15 minutes.
- Brush the tops of biscuits with melted butter the minute they come out of the oven.