Recipe#2462

Title: Biscuits 04

From: af961@james.hwcn.org (Helen Peagram) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Yeast Biscuits 
 Date: 30 Aug 1998 09:51:07 -0400 
 Message-ID: <6sblcb$s24@james.hwcn.org> 

Yield: 1 Servings
 1 cake yeast
 3 ts baking powder
 2 tb lukewarm water
 4 tb sugar
 5 c plain flour
 1 ts salt
 1 ts soda
 1 c shortening
 2 c buttermilk
 Dissolve yeast in water. Into a bowl, sift flour with other dry
 ingredients. Cut in shortening, add buttermilk, then add yeast
 mixture. Stir until all flour is dampened. Knead on floured board
 a minute, roll to desired thickness, and cut with a biscuit cutter.
 Bake at 400 degrees about 12 minutes. Dough may be kept refrigerated
 and used about a week.