Homemade biscuits
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Sifted Unbleached Flour |
| 3 | teaspoons | Baking Powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking Soda * |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Shortening, Melted |
| 1½ | cup | Sourdough Starter |
Directions
* More Baking Soda may be added if the starter is very sour.
~--------------------------------------------------------------------- ~-- Place flour in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening and dry ingredients. Mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny finish. Pat or roll out dough to ½ inch thickness, cut and put on a greased pan. Coat all sides of biscuits with melted butter. Let rise over boiling water for ½ hour. Bake at 425øF for 15 to 20 minutes.