Donna's Baking Powder Biscuits
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agoodwinsmithDonna's Baking Powder Biscuits
Do not be tempted to overwork the dough, or the biscuits
will be tough. There should be ragged bits hardly sticking
to the main mass, even once patted out.
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lard/margerine/butter
3/4 cup cold milk
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the
shortening until the size of split peas. Add milk. Mix
*just* enough to form a ragged lump. Pat out with hands
until about 1/2 inch think. Cut with floured cutter, like a
beverage glass. Baked on greased sheet at 450 F for
12 - 15 minutes.
Serve hot with butter and Rogers Golden Syrup.
That is the traditional recipe. Myself, I pat the dough out
into a square shape, and cut the biscuits into squares with a
knife, because the act of forming the scraps into another lump
for cutting makes the biscuits progressively tougher.
(I needed to be able to find this again easily.)
Do not be tempted to overwork the dough, or the biscuits
will be tough. There should be ragged bits hardly sticking
to the main mass, even once patted out.
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lard/margerine/butter
3/4 cup cold milk
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the
shortening until the size of split peas. Add milk. Mix
*just* enough to form a ragged lump. Pat out with hands
until about 1/2 inch think. Cut with floured cutter, like a
beverage glass. Baked on greased sheet at 450 F for
12 - 15 minutes.
Serve hot with butter and Rogers Golden Syrup.
That is the traditional recipe. Myself, I pat the dough out
into a square shape, and cut the biscuits into squares with a
knife, because the act of forming the scraps into another lump
for cutting makes the biscuits progressively tougher.
(I needed to be able to find this again easily.)
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Recipe
Date: 2011-09-07 06:09 pm (UTC)Re: Recipe
Date: 2011-09-07 09:58 pm (UTC)By the way: Donna is my Mom. This is part of one of her summer supper recipes: fried green tomatoes, salmon patties (made from canned salmon), and baking powder biscuits. Oh happy mouth. :)
Mind you, it was also part of the I-don't-feel-like-cooking supper - eggs, mashed-potato patties, and biscuits. Another case of happy mouth. :)