Butterball Biscuits

Another recipe from "Home Cooking" magazine. It's the double dose of butter that makes these old-fashioned biscuits tender and flaky inside, crisp and golden outside.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 biscuits

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2  cups flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄4 cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Melt 1/2 cup butter, put 1 tsp into each of 12 (2 1/2-inch) muffin pan cups; reserve remainder.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup soft butter; cut in with pastry blender until mixture resembles cornmeal. Stir in milk with fork.
4. Fill each prepared muffin cup nearly to the top with dough. Bake 10 minutes. Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter over each biscuit. Bake 10 minutes longer.