Great Baking Powder Biscuits

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 250 ml flour
• 7 ml baking powder
• 10 ml sugar
• 2 ml salt
• 50 ml shortening
• 75 -100 ml milk
• 125 ml grated cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl (baking powder, flour, salt, sugar).
• 3 cut the shortening into the dry ingredients using a pastry cutter or fork. the shortening should be the consistency of small peas.
• 4 add the milk a little bit at a time. stir gently till mixture is moist.
• 5 add grated cheese.
• 6 knead the dough gently 5-6 times.
• 7 roll out the dough into a aprox. 16 cm circle.
• 8 cut the dough with a floured biscuit cutter or glass.
• 9 place the biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 10 bake for 8-10 minutes.
• 11 remove biscuits onto cooling rack right away.