Biscuits
1 cup self-rising flour 1 spoon vegetable shortening -- the size of -- a small egg buttermilk -- fresh Use enough buttermilk to make the dough really sticky but still enough to kne...
Ingredients
- 1cupself-rising flour
- 1spoon vegetable shortening -- the size of
Directions
- 1
1 cup self-rising flour 1 spoon vegetable shortening -- the size of -- a small egg buttermilk -- fresh Use enough buttermilk to make the dou
- 2
Mix the ingredients together (add the buttermilk a little at a time)
- 3
Turn out the dough on a floured board and knead in more self rising flour (but try not to handle the dough too much!)
- 4
Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch and then fold the dough over to double it and press on it lightly
- 5
This fold in the dough will make the biscuits pull apart easily after they are cooked
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Cut out biscuits about 2 1/2 inches in diameter using a glass dipped in flour
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Re-roll the dough as needed
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Place the biscuits in a baking pan up close against each other - this will make them rise higher