Great Baking Powder Biscuits

Name: Great Baking Powder Biscuits
Ingredients: 250 ml flour; 7 ml baking powder; 10 ml sugar; 2 ml salt; 50 ml shortening; 75 -100 ml milk; 125 ml grated cheese

7 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

250 ml flour
7 ml baking powder
10 ml sugar
2 ml salt
50 ml shortening
75 -100 ml milk
125 ml grated cheese

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 425F.
2

Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl (baking powder, flour, salt, sugar).
3

Cut the shortening into the dry ingredients using a pastry cutter or fork.
4

the shortening should be the consistency of small peas.
5

Add the milk a little bit at a time.
6

Stir gently till mixture is moist.
7

Add grated cheese.
8

Knead the dough gently 5-6 times.
9

Roll out the dough into a aprox.
10

16 cm circle.
11

Cut the dough with a floured biscuit cutter or glass.
12

Place the biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet.
13

Bake for 8-10 minutes.
14

Remove biscuits onto cooling rack right away.