Tea Biscuits

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, stir rogether dry ingredients.
• 3 cut in shortening until mixture resembles peas.
• 4 add buttermilk and stir.
• 5 turn out dough onto floured surface and knead slightly.
• 6 spread out dough to approximately 1 inch thick.
• 7 using a 6.5 cm diameter cookie cutter or lightly floured glass, cut out biscuits and place on ungreased cookie sheet so that the biscuits touch as they are baking.
• 8 bake 15-20 minutes or until light brown.