Cornbread Biscuits

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 475°.
2. 2
   Stir together the cornmeal, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
3. 3
   Cut in the shortening until the mixture is like meal.
4. 4
   Add the buttermilk and knead very lightly, only until mixed.
5. 5
   Pour out onto a floured board and roll out to about 1/3-inch thickness.
6. 6
   Use a biscuit cutter to cut biscuits. Gently reroll the scraps and cut more biscuits from them.
7. 7
   Place the biscuits on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes until brown and slightly crunchy on the outside.
8. 8
   Yield: 12 to 15 biscuits.