Southern Butter Biscuits

Categories: Breads
Yield: 24 Biscuits

2 c All-purpose flour
4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter
1 c (approx) milk or light cream
2 tb Milk
1 ts Cornmeal

In bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. With pastry blender or 2
knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1 cup
milk, stirring with fork to make soft, slightly stick dough. Form into
ball; knead gently on lightly floured surface about
10 times.

Roll dough into circle about 1/2 thick. Cut with floured 2 inch cutter.
Place on ungreased baking sheet. Brush each biscuit lightly with 2 tbsp.
milk; sprinkle with cornmeal. Bake in 400øF oven for 20 minutes or until
golden brown. Makes about 24 biscuits. Typed in MMFormat by
cjhartlin@msn.com Source: Canadian Living Rush Hour Cookbook

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #10 by cjhartlin@email.msn.com on Mar 18,
1999

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