My husband is the type of guy that has to had some sort of bread product at most meals. Especially if it is soup. As I have mentioned we are big soup junkies over here. I discovered this recipe for Baking Powder biscuits in the little pamphlet that came with my Cuisinart mixer. I have been making this for a few years now and it is always a nice quick biscuit to pop in the oven. Over the years I have experimented with different ways of making it. From large round biscuits, to drop biscuits to smaller ones. Any way you make them, they are fool proof!
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening (or butter)
2/3 cup milk
Step 1:
Place flour, baking powder, salt and shortening in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Stir Speed and mix about 1 minute, stop and scrape the bowl. Add milk and continue to mix until dough starts to cling to the beater. (If you do not have a stand mixer you can use a hand mixer!)
Step 2:
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for 20 seconds or until smooth. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut out with biscuit cutter. I used a jelly jar cap. (You can also use an upside down glass or mug depending on how large you want them.)
Step 3:
Place on greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes. Serve immediately.
Thanks for Reading!
Daniele
The scones are just as easy as the biscuits! Think I have a “quick and easy” theme going here? Let me know how the scones come out Brianne!
I made the baking powder biscuits for our dinner last night…they were CRAZY easy. Thanks for sharing – I’m trying the scone recipe today! :o)
Hi Phyllis! Good to hear from you! I hope you like reading the blog and thank you for posting!
Thanks Phyllis – that’s really nice of you! 🙂
I love that 2 young women are downhome American girls at heart. How you have time to raise children and do all this cooking and baking and blogging is beyond me. The photographs are awesome, the recipes are simple and yummy. I’m very impressed. I think you girls need to write a book! Seriously.
Keep up the good work!
Phyllis Katzen
Long Beach NY
I love the way you write and the photographs are great! Thanks for sharing your stuff – Will surely try these recipies – especially for that lowly bag of brown rice in my cabinet too!
Keep up the good work! Looking forward to future blogs…