Recipe#2049

Title: Biscuits 01

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: Sarah Henderson sehender@reed.edu 
 Subject: Fluffy Biscuits 
 Message-ID: Pine.3.05.9308051618.A25296-a100000@romulus 
 Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 16:10:18 -0700 (PDT) 

2 cups flour
 1/2 tsp salt
 1 tsp sugar
 1/4 tsp baking soda
 1 Tbsp baking powder
 5 Tbsp shortening
 1 cup buttermilk
  
 Preheat oven to 450 F.  Sift dry ingredients.  Then cut in butter
 with pastry blender or use your hands.  Make a well in the middle,
 pour in buttermilk, and using a fork lightly mix until flour is
 moistened thoroughly.  On floured surface, knead 3 times.  Pat
 dough out until 1/2 inch thick or thicker if you like.  Cut into
 rounds with an inverted drinking glass or a biscuit cutter.  Set
 biscuits into a greased pan so that their edges touch.  Bake 12-15
 minutes at 450 degrees.