Biscuits Supreme Recipe

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Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk

Directions:

Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center; add milk all at once. Stir just till dough clings together. Knead genetly on lightly floured surface for 10-12 strokes. Roll or pat to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, dipping cutter in flour between cuts. Transfer to ungreased baking sheet. Bake in 450 oven for 10-12 minutes.

Makes 10-12 biscuits. Variations: Buttermilk biscuits: Prepare batter as above, except stir 1/4 teaspoon baking powder into flour mixture and substitute 3/4 cup buttermilk for the milk. Sour cream biscuits: Prepare regular batter except use 1 cup sour cream and only 2 tablespoons milk. Garden biscuits: Prepare regular batter except add 2 tablespoons finely shredded carrot, 1 tablespoon finely snipped parsley and 1 teaspoon finely chopped green onion with the milk. Cornmeal biscuits: Prepare regular batter except use only 1 1/2 cups flour and add 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal. If desired, stir 1/4 teaspoon ground sage into flour mixture.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: All-Time Favorite Breads cookbook
Submitted By: Toni M
tonim915@aol.com
Biscuits Supreme


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