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\u00a04 cups Flour<\/div>\n
2 Tablespoons Baking Powder<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon Salt<\/div>\n
2\/3 cup Shortening (Butter works too), cold and cubed<\/div>\n
2 cups Milk<\/div>\n
Preheat oven to 450F.<\/div>\n
Sprinkle baking sheet with a bit of cornmeal; set aside.<\/div>\n
In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir well.<\/div>\n
Using a pastry blender, cut cold butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.<\/div>\n
Using a fork, stir in enough milk so dough leaves the side of bowl and rounds into a ball.<\/div>\n
Turn soft dough out onto lightly floured surface and GENTLY knead about 10 times.<\/div>\n
Gently roll out to 1\/2″ thickness; let rest for a few minutes.<\/div>\n
Cut with floured, sharp edged biscuit cutter.<\/div>\n
Place on ungreased baking sheet that you have lightly sprinkled with a bit of cornmeal.<\/div>\n
Bake in hot oven until gold brown, about 10 minutes.<\/div>\n
Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.<\/div>\n
Buttermilk Biscuits:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Decrease Baking Powder to 5 teaspoons and add 1 teaspoon Baking Soda. Substitute Buttermilk for milk.<\/div>\n
Cheese Biscuits:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Stir 1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese, a sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese some chopped fresh chives into flour mixture.<\/div>\n
Herb Biscuits:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Stir 1 1\/2 teaspoons each \u00a0Sage, Thyme, Parsley into flour mixture.<\/div>\n
Italian Herb Biscuits:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Stir 1 1\/2 teaspoons each Basil, Oregano and a pinch of garlic powder\u00a0into Flour mixture.<\/div>\n
Whole Grain Biscuits:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Decrease flour \u00a0to 2 cups; add 1 1\/2 cups Whole Wheat flour, 1\/2 cup mixed Grains: Ground Flax Seed, Wheat Germ, Ground Rolled Oats<\/div>\n
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Wholesome Baking Powder Biscuits \u00a04 cups Flour 2 Tablespoons Baking Powder 1 teaspoon Salt 2\/3 cup Shortening (Butter works too), cold and cubed 2 cups Milk Preheat oven to 450F. Sprinkle baking sheet with a bit of cornmeal; set aside. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir well. Using a pastry … Continue reading Baking Powder Biscuits<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breads","category-quick-breads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aysontespli.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}