Shortening biscuits

Basic delicious shortening biscuits can be served with butter, jam, or be the base for an excellent strawberry shortcake (New England style uses a biscuit instead of a cake)

Erynn.jo.Steiner @cook_2807830

Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Basic delicious shortening biscuits can be served with butter, jam, or be the base for an excellent strawberry shortcake (New England style uses a biscuit instead of a cake)

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Ingredients

13 mins

2 cupsflour
1 tablespoonbaking powder
1 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonsugar
1/3 cupvegetable shortening
1 cupmilk

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Steps

13 mins

1

Preheat oven to 425°F
2

Mix dry ingredients together
3

Cut in shortening using a fork until mixture resembles a coarse meal
4

Slowly stir in milk until dough pulls from bowl sides
5

Put on floured cutting board and knead 15-20 times
6

Roll out dough to 1 inch thick
7

Cut biscuits with a large cutter or my method, a wide mouth glass dipped in flour... repeat step 6 until all dough is used
8

Put cut biscuits on ungreased baking sheet.
9

Bake 13-15 min until bottoms are golden brown
10

Put desired goodies on them and then stuff your mouth hole