Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup crisco shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 in medium mixing bowl, mix dry ingredients.
• 3 using fork, cut in shortening until mixture resembles course meal with some tiny bits of shortening still visible.
• 4 add buttermilk and toss with fork until mixture forms a soft dough.
• 5 turn out onto floured board and with a floured dough scraper gently toss dough to coat with flour until dough is no longer sticky.
• 6 pat dough into a disk and fold one half over onto the other half.
• 7 pat out to about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch thickness.
• 8 using a floured 2-inch cutter stamp out biscuits (meaning cut straight down and up without twisting or turning cutter).
• 9 place biscuits onto ungreased baking sheet.
• 10 bake for about 12 minutes or until biscuits are light golden brown. serve immediately.
• 11 note: if you don't have buttermilk you can use regular milk and omit the baking soda. they just wont be buttermilk biscuits.