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    Boardinghouse Biscuits


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    List of Ingredients




    2 cups self-rising flour
    ½ teaspoon baking powder
    1 teaspoon sugar
    2 tablespoons shortening
    2 tablespoons butter or margarine
    1/3 cup buttermilk
    1/3 cup whole milk
    1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon water

    Recipe



    -- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Grease an 8” x 8” x 2” baking pan.

    -- Sift the flour baking powder, and sugar into a bowl.

    -- Cut in the shortening and butter until the mixture resembles course cornmeal.

    -- Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the buttermilk and milk.

    -- Mix lightly and quickly with your hands to form a dough moist enough to leave the sides of the bowl.

    -- Turn onto a lightly floured surface.

    -- Knead by picking up the sides of the dough away from you while pressing down with the palms of your hands and pushing the dough away.

    --Repeat 6 or 7 times.

    -- Work the dough into a large ball while kneading.

    -- Keep your fingers dry by frequently dipping them in dry flour.

    -- Pinch off portions of dough for desired size biscuit.

    -- Press lightly to make the biscuits look flat on the pan.

    -- Make sure the biscuits touch each other.

    -- Bake for 15 minutes.

    -- Yields about 8 large biscuits.


 

 

 


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