Dutch oven bisquits
1 Batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 3 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| 4 | tablespoons | Solid shortning |
| 1 | cup | Milk (diluted canned ok) |
Directions
Blend flour, salt, baking powder and mash in shortning with a fork until crumbly. Add milk and stir until the dough sags down into trough left by spoon as it moves around the bowl.
Turn dough out on a floured surface, knead for 30 seconds, pat out gently until it is ½ inch thick. Cut with a round cutter or pinch off pieces of dough and form by hand.
Put bisquits into a greased Dutch Oven, cover, and bury in bright coals for 5 or 10 minutes or until golden brown.
source: Complete book of Outdoor Cookery typos by Neysa