Recipe#2053

Title: Biscuits 03

From: Dietrich2 dietrich2@aol.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Melt-In-Mouth Biscuits 
 Message-ID: <30n8o3$in3@search01.news.aol.com> 
 Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 01:18:06 -0400 (EDT) 

1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
 1 Tbsp sugar
 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
 1/2 tsp salt
 1/8 tsp baking soda
 3 Tbsp solid vegetable shortening or unsalted margarine
 3/4 c. buttermilk or 1 cup heavy cream
 1 cup all purpose flour, for shaping biscuits
 2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted
 Heat oven to 475 degrees. Spray an 8" baking pan with cooking spray.
 In a medium sized bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and
 baking soda until blended. Cut in shortening with pastry blender,
 or work it in with fingertips until lumps are no larger than small
 peas.
 Stir in buttermilk ( or cream) and let stand for 2-3 min. dough is
 very wet.
 Pour remaining 1 cup all-purpose flour onto a plate.  Flour hands
 well.  Scoop up about 2 Tbsp. dough and scrape it onto the flour.
 Sprinkle more flour onto the dough.  Gently pick up clump of dough
 and shape into a soft round by passing it from hand to hand, shaking
 off excess flour.  Place in middle of prepared pan.  Shape 9 more
 biscuits this way.
 Brush tops with melted butter. Bake 16-18 min or until tops are
 evenly brown.