Favorite Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising flour, sifted
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup crisco shortening
• 1 pinch baking powder

Recipe

• 1 measure out buttermilk in measuring cup and let sit for 5-10 minutes, add a pinch of baking powder and stir well.
• 2 preheat oven to 450°f.
• 3 measure out flour with 1/4 tsp of baking powder and sift with a sifter into a bowl.
• 4 add crisco shortening and cut into flour well.
• 5 make a well in middle of flour mixture and pour buttermilk in slowly.
• 6 flour your hand, mix together flour mixture and buttermilk well, forming a ball and turn out onto a floured surface.
• 7 clean hands (scraping off all dough).
• 8 roll with a floured rolling pin or you can use your hands to flatten out, to about 1/2 to 1-inch thick.
• 9 cut with a large floured biscuit (round) cutter or use the rim of a floured round drinking glass.
• 10 place on a greased baking sheet and bake 12 to 15 minutes or until tops are lightly brown.
• 11 note: you can use a small biscuit cutter depending on how many biscuits you want to make.