Recipe: Appetizing Baking powder biscuits

Baking powder biscuits. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. The only change I made was doubling the amount of baking powder. The biscuits turned out really fluffly and made an excellent addition to the meal.

They even tasted great the next day. Put the flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Brush the biscuits with milk, to enhance browning. You can have Baking powder biscuits using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baking powder biscuits

1. You need 2 cups of flour sifted.
2. You need 4 teaspoons of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
4. Prepare 4 tablespoons of butter or shortening.
5. You need 3/4 cups of milk.

Remove them from the oven, and serve warm. Store any leftover biscuits, well wrapped, at room temperature for several days. Biscuits are always best when they're rewarmed before serving. Put the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl.

Baking powder biscuits step by step

1. Sift flour.
2. Add salt and baking powder and sift again.
3. Cut my n butter.
4. Gradually add milk till a soft dough.
5. Roll to 1/2 inch thick.
6. Cut with biscuit cutter.
7. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes.

Cut in the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the milk all at once and stir just until the dough forms a ball around the fork. Cut in the shortening until the mixture has only pea sized lumps. Add milk and mix until dry mixture is absorbed. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.