Recipe#2464
Title: Biscuits 06
From: waring@infomail.com (Sam Waring)Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Date: 6 Jan 1995 21:48:07 -0500
Message-ID: <128a33f4@infomail.com>
Biscuits
Yield: 18 biscuits
1 1/2 c flour, unbleached, sifted
3 ts baking powder
1 ts salt
1 1/2 ts baking soda
2 T sugar
1/4 c shortening, melted
1 1/2 c sourdough starter
More baking soda may be added if the starter is very sour.
Place flour in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening
and dry ingredients. Mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured
board and knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny
finish. Pat or roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness, cut and put
on a greased pan. Coat all sides of biscuits with melted butter.
Let rise over boiling water for 1/2 hour. Bake at 425 degrees F
for 15 to 20 minutes.