This is my grandmother's biscuit recipe. It is my all-time favorite and has a really good flavor to it. Be sure not to roll out too thin, you want high biscuits! I usually just pat out the dough to the desired thickness, usually 1/2 inch.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 cups vegetable shortening
- 1 egg
- 0.67 cups milk
Instructions
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1
Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
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Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry cutter to chop vegetable shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and milk together in a separate bowl and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring as you pour, until dough is moistened and well-mixed. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
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Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
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