Baking Powder Biscuits

byZula's Note:

These are great! Nice and easy, and light and yummy. I get about 16 biscuits with this recipe. I like the versatility as well. I add cheese or garlic; whatever hits me at the time. I almost always add extra sugar.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 16 biscuits

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease two 8-inch cake pans.
2. Put the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl.
3. Cut in the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Add the milk all at once and stir just until the dough forms a ball around the fork.
5. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead 14 times.
6. Pat until 1/2-inch thick.
7. Cut into rounds with a 2-inch cookie cutter.
8. Place, touching each other, in the cake pans and bake for 15-20 minutes.
9. CRUSTY BISCUITS.
10. Roll biscuits to 1/4-inch thick and place 1-inch apart in pan.
11. Bake in a 450 degree oven for 12 minutes.
12. Yields almost double the biscuits.
13. BUTTERMILK BISCUITS.
14. Use 2/3 cup buttermilk instead of sweet milk, 1/2 teaspoons baking soda and only 2 teaspoons baking powder.
15. CHEESE BISCUITS.
16. Add 1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese to dry ingredients.
17. DROP BISCUITS.
18. Add additional 1/3 cup milk and use a baking sheet.

Reviews

[AQueen]

Yum! I made a brilliant accidental discovery - I rolled and cut the biscuits to thin. I "mushed" (highly regarded culinary technique) two of them together and baked anyways. I ended up with perfect sandwich biscuits for sausage/egg biscuits. They also worked perfectly with the chicken fried steak and milk gravy that was for dinner. I followed the recipe exactly - down to the "knead 14 times". That was why I didn't reroll the dough and cut thicker biscuits. They were wonderful!!

[Mzspiced]

Fantastic recipe!!! Really quick and easy to make and taste amazing!!!!

[Chef #1424208]

PERFECT! I'm the world's worst baker, and my buiscuits are usually like rocks. This was so easy and they came out perfect. Before cutting I folded shredded sharp cheddar in the center. So good!