Mike’s Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe
- Yield: 10-12 biscuits
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 scant cup milk
Instructions
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in butter with a fork or pastry blender until it resembles cornmeal.
- Add milk, stirring enough to combine ingredients. Do not over stir.
- Put dough on a lightly floured surface and gather into a ball. If the dough is sticky add a little flour to help form the ball.
- Knead lightly 5-10 times.
- Roll out 1/2 inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter or a glass rim that has been dipped in flour.
- Put onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 425° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 10-12 baking powder biscuits.
