BEST HOMEMADE BISCUITS EVER (OLD, OLD RECIPE)

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For many, many year I have been cooking and making homemade biscuits. I began cooking when I was nine year old, my mother worked on the farm, hoeing cotton, corn, potatoes, fruis, and vegetables. Later she picked them. I learned to feed the farm animals, gather eggs,milk the cow and churn milk into butter. My daddy helped my...

Provided by Jewel Hall

Categories     Biscuits

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 c plain flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 c butter flavor shortening
2/3 c whole buttermilk
1 Tbsp melted butter, on the side.

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
  • 2. Combine first 5 ingredients, sift together and place in a medium bowl.
  • 3. Add: Butter flavor shortning to flour mixture, mix with pastry blender to a corase crumb consistancy. Add in the 2/3 cup of whole buttermuilk. Use pastry blender to combine it all together. Dough will be soft and easy to work with.
  • 4. Turn out onto a slightly floured cutting board and knead a few times, don't make it stiff. Pat out with hands to a 1/2"-1" thick.
  • 5. Cut out biscuits out with regular size biscuit cutter. Place in a large black iron skillet lightly greased with yellow flavor shortning. drizzle melted butter acroas top with pastry brush.
  • 6. Bake in 450 degree preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. ** Serve with scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, and Blackberry Jam.

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