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Boardinghouse Biscuits
Source of Recipe
Internet
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.