Artelia's plain biscuits
24 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | All-Purpose Flour -- sifted |
| 3 | teaspoons | Baking Powder |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar -- optional |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| ¾ | cup | (Approx) |
| 1 | Egg -- well beaten | |
| Milk | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 F. Sift dry ingredients together. Then; using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in the butter. Combine milk and egg and slowly add to flour until mixture is wet enough to hold together.
Turn onto a floured board. Knead, then roll to ½-inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter. Bake for 10 to 12 mins or until lightly golden. Yield: about 2 dozen biscuits.
Recipe By : Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine - ISBN 0-385-47270-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-09-95 (24) Homecook