Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Drop Biscuits

From mom (via the Joy?) A food I grew up on. Most recently baked for Melville and posted here for KT.

Ingredients:

3 C. flour
4 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C. yellow shortening
1 1/2 C. milk

Directions:

1) In small-medium mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt. Mix. Cut in shortening until homogeneous mixture is formed. Stir in milk slowly while pouring to avoid forming lumps.

2) Distribute evenly into 1 well greased 12-cup muffin tin. Bake at 450F for 15 minutes. Turn out of muffin cups after cooling 2-3 minutes & serve warm.

Note: The recipe can be modified to use buttermilk instead of regular milk, which produces a delicious biscuit. The baking powder must be adjusted to accommodate.

1 comment:

Jolene said...

I don't think this one is from the Joy. It is either from the Better Homes and Gardens book or the Betty Crocker book. You don't need to adjust the leavening.