Never Fail Biscuits

Name: Never Fail Biscuits
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; 2 teaspoons white sugar; 1/2 cup butter, chilled and diced; 3/4 cup milk

7 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 teaspoons white sugar
1/2 cup butter, chilled and diced
3/4 cup milk

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2

In a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse oatmeal. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour in the milk. Stir until dough begins to pull together then turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
3

Press dough together and then roll out until 3/4 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch round biscuits and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
4

Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until golden.