GRANDMA'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

Ingredients 

Original recipe makes 1 dozen biscuits Change Servings

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C)
2.  Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry cutter to chop vegetable shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and milk together in a separate bowl and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring as you pour, until dough is moistened and well-mixed. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.

• PREP 15 mins
• COOK 10 mins
• READY IN 25 mins

Footnotes

• Cook's Note:
• You can place dough on a floured countertop and knead more flour into dough until it no longer sticks to your fingers. Pat out to desired thickness. Cut with a biscuit cutter and transfer biscuits to an ungreased cookie sheet.