Basic Biscuits

I made these biscuits awhile back for dinner and again for breakfast a few days later. I have since been asked for the recipe. They are just a basic baking powder biscuits and are super easy to make.
1/3 Cup shortening

1 3/4 Cup Flour

2 1/2 tsp Baking powder

3/4 tsp Salt (varies by taste)

3/4 Cup Milk

1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2) Mix dry ingredients together. Cut shortening into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender (or forks). Mixture should look like fine crumbs. Add milk and mix. If the dough is sticky, add slightly more flour. If the dough is flaky or floury, add a splash more milk. Should be moist but not sticky.

3) Sprinkle flour on counter. Place dough on counter and knead about 10 times.

4) Roll out dough into a rectangle til about 1/2 inch thick. Cut biscuits out. (I use a circle cookie cutter, but can use a biscuit cutter or a glass turned upside down.) You may have to dip the cutter in flour. Place the biscuits on a sprayed (PAM) cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dough is used.

5) Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes about 12 biscuits-varies depending on the size of cutter you use.

Enjoy!