Baking Powder Biscuits

This is another recipe from my mom. She's a great cook :) These are a great addition to any dinner and the best part is they come together really quickly. They also are perfect for biscuits and gravy! Yum!

A favorite family story with these biscuits.... Once my mom started working at the school in Park Valley, my dad started helping out with breakfast. One morning he was making these and accidentally used baking SODA instead of POWDER! Yuck!! They were absolutely disgusting and none of us will ever forget that morning!

Something that I like to do on Sunday morning is mix the dry ingredients and cut the fat in. Then once we get home from church I just quickly add the milk and bake. Speedy!

Baking Powder Biscuits
Source: Janet Rose

2 c flour
1 T baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 c shortening or butter (make sure it's cold!)
1 c milk

Preheat oven to 425.

Using a pastry blender, cut in butter or shortening until pea sized chunks remain. (Either type of fat works. My mom always uses shortening. I like butter a little better. It makes them taste like the canned biscuits you buy in the refridgerater section.)

Make a well in the middle and pour in milk. With wooden spoon or rubber spatula, fold milk in until combined -- but don't overmix! (Sometimes the dough will take a little more milk. You don't want any huge streaks of dry flour left.)

Spray baking sheet and drop dough into 12-14 biscuits. (You can also roll dough onto counter and cut into uniform biscuits with cookie cutters.)

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Serve with butter, honey, jam, etc... or with sausage gravy for breakfast!
We have also experimented with adding shredded cheese and various herbs to the dough - makes it into something like Red Lobster's cheesy biscuits. A fun variation!