Buttermilk Biscuits

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 475°.
2. 2
   Cut shortening into flour, salt, baking powder and soda with pastry cutter or use your fingers until mixture looks like coarse meal.
3. 3
   Stir in buttermilk.
4. 4
   Turn out on floured board, kneading gently.
5. 5
   Roll out and cut large biscuits. Bake on a cookie sheet with biscuits touching each other for about 12 minutes.
6. 6
   Save you biscuit trimmings and roll rectangle. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
7. 7
   Roll lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces for bite size kid pleasers.