Harriet's Southern Biscuits

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Title: Harriet's Southern Biscuits
Categories: Breads
Yield: 8 Servings

1 c Flour, plus 2 Tablespoons
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking soda
2 tb Crisco
1/2 c Buttermilk
1 tb Crisco, for frying pan

Mix the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
Blend in the Crisco until the mixture is coarse and
grainy. Harriet uses a fork, but I have better luck
with a pastry blender. Then, using a fork, stir in
the buttermilk. Do not overmix.

Put on a floured board and knead just a few times.
Pat out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a
biscuit cutter or a glass. (Flour the cutter.) Do not
handle the dough too much, or it will get tough.

Use a heavy black frying pan. Place the 1 tablespoon
of Crisco in the frying pan and put the frying pan in
the over for about 7 minutes. Remove the pan from the
oven and place the biscuits in the pan. Turn each once
in the oil and bake the biscuits at 500 degrees for 10
minutes, or until light brown.

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