Afternoon Ruby Tea Biscuits

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup jam or 1/2 cup jelly, red

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 2 measure the sifted flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt and mix with fork in large mixing bowl.
• 3 cut in vegetable shortening until it looks like coarse bread crumbs.
• 4 add the milk and mix it into the flour with fork-but only until the mixture will form a soft ball.
• 5 place the ball of dough on a lightly floured surface and knead it 12 times.
• 6 rub some flour on rolling pin and roll the dough until it's about 1/4 inch thick.
• 7 with a large biscuit cutter cut circles, very close together, in the dough. use a straight downward motion and do not twist the cutter.
• 8 with a spatula lift half of the circles, one at a time onto a cookie sheet and arrange them about 1 inch apart.
• 9 with a small cutter cut a hole in the center of the rest of the circles to make rings and lift out the centers. set the centers aside.
• 10 place the rings on top of the circles on the cookie sheet.
• 11 place a teaspoon of red jam or jelly in each ring.
• 12 bake biscuits for 12-15 minutes until golden.
• 13 immediately take bicsuits off cookie sheet with spatula.
• 14 with centers bake into little biscuits.