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Beaten Biscuits

Source of Recipe

Old Farmer's Almanac


List of Ingredients

2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Shortening
Milk


Recipe

Sift flour with salt and cut shortening in thoroughly. Add enough milk to make stiff dough. Work dough for 20 minutes on floured board by beating dough with mallet or rolling pin, folding it, then beating and folding again over and over until the dough is blistered and pops. R oll of 1/3 inch thick and cut with 2-inch round cutter. Prick with fork. Bake on ungreased cooke sheet for about 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes approximately 2 dozen.