Baking Powder Biscuits

From my Eighth Grade Home Economics Class at Duck Creek Elementary School. You can make biscuits this way or use Bisquick. Either way they taste great especially with winter soup.


Sift together:
1 cup flour
1 ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
1 ½ -2 Tablespoons Shortening

Cut (with two knives of pastry blender): until mixture resembles crumbs.

Add: 1/3 to ½ cup mild and mix lightly.

Place dough on lightly floured surface and knead gently. Roll to 1 ½ inch thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter and place on un-greased cookie sheet. Bake in very hot oven (450 degrees) 12 to 15 minutes.

**** (1962-1963) I was not a star eight grade home economics student. The teacher really did not like me. Perhaps it was because I challenged her knowledge when we were learning about table settings. She told us that the table should be set with the napkin folded to the left of the fork. I bluntly told her that could not be correct because my mother always put the fork on the napkin. My mother and I were both embarassed when I went home and told the story. Mother said, "Oh no, I put the fork on the napkin to keep the napkin from blowing away". Those were long before the days of air conditionaing. Perhaps that is why I feel better when the table is set correcly. I apologized to the teacher the next day and so did my mother. However, I don't think she ever forgave me.