Drop Baking Powder Biscuits

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 tablespoons shortening or 2 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 sift dry ingredients together.
• 2 blend the shortening into the flour using fingers or a tool for cutting in butter.
• 3 when uniform crumbly consistency, make a well in the center. pour all the milk in at once and then stir just until blended. don’t stir any longer or the biscuits will be tough.
• 4 drop by large spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet or into greased muffin tins.
• 5 bake 10-15 minutes at 450 degrees.