Recipe - Aunt Coras Sourdough Biscuits

1 One half cup Sifted Unbleached Flour
3 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 One half teaspoon Baking Soda *
2 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth cup Shortening, Melted
1 One half cup Sourdough Starter

* More Baking Soda may be added if the starter if very sour. Place flour
in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening and dry
ingredients. Mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board and
knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny finish. Pat or
roll out dough to One half inch thickness, cut and put on a greased pan. Coat
all sides of biscuits with melted butter. Let rise over boiling water for
One half hour. Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes.

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