Betty's Biscuits Supreme

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 sift dry ingredients into mixing bowl.
• 3 measure shortening and cut into flour mixture with pastry blender, two knives or blending fork, until mixture looks like "meal."
• 4 stir in almost all the milk.
• 5 if dough does not seem pliable, add the remaining milk using just enough to make a soft, puffy dough easy to roll out.
• 6 knead quickly on a lightly floured board (too much handling makes tough biscuits).
• 7 roll out 1/4-inch thick for thin crusty biscuits and 1/2-inch thick for thick biscuits.
• 8 place on ungreased cookie sheet; close together for biscuits with soft sides, an inch apart for biscuits with crusty sides.
• 9 bake 10 to 12 minutes.