Sweet Biscuits for Shortcakes
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
2 cup All purpose flour
1/4 cup Flour for patting out dough
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Baking powder
3/4 cup Powdered sugar
1/4 pound Ice cold unsatled butter
3/4 cup Half and half Recipe
Preheat oven to 400, I place a rack in lowest position in the oven. Combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter. Stir in liquid until it just begins to pull from the sides- it will be pretty moist. Spread 1/4 C flour on a pastry board and dump the dough onto the flour.
Gently turn the dough until all sides are covered with flour. Knead by gently rubbing the dough into the flour, a scant 8 to 10 turns. Pat the dough into a 1 inch thich slab. Cut into rounds with a sharp round biscuit cutter- I use a 2 1/2 inch cutter-- you can push the scraps together to make room to cut a few more, try not to knead it too much.
Place on insulated cookie sheet about 1/2 inch apart. Put in HOT oven and bake for 12- 15 minutes. You can test by lifting the top layer of the center biscuit; if it''s done it will look dry inside and the edges will be golden. (I get 9 biscuits when I use a 2 1/2" cutter).
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