Baking Powder Biscuits

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. 2
   Grease 2 8-inch cake pans.
3. 3
   Put flour, salt, baking powder, cream of tartar, and sugar in a bowl.
4. 4
   Cut shortning into flour with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. 5
   Add milk all at once and stir just until dough forms a ball around fork.
6. 6
   Turn dough onto lightly floured board or pastry cloth and kneed 14 times.
7. 7
   Pat until 1/2 inch thick.
8. 8
   Cut into rounds with a 2-inch cookie cutter.
9. 9
   Place touching each other in cake pans and bake for 15-20 minutes.