Recipe - Emerils Cheesy Biscuits

4 cup Plus 2 tablespoons bleached
allpurpose flour
1 One half tablespoon Baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Grated white cheddar cheese
1 cup Plus 1 teaspoon vegetable
shortening
1 One half cup Half and half

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Combine 4
cups of the flour, baking powder, pepper, salt and cheese. Mix well. Add
the shortening and work it into the dry ingredients, using your hands,
until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Fold in half and half. The dough
will be sticky. Dust your work surface with 1 tablespoon of the flour. Turn
the dough onto the floured surface. Gently fold each side towards the
center. Pick up the dough and dust the work surface with the remaining
tablespoon flour. Return the dough to the floured surface and fold each
side towards the center again. Turn the dough over and lightly press it out
to 1inch thickness. Cut the biscuits using a 2 1/4inch round cookie
cutter. Place them on the baking sheet and bake until golden, 30 minutes.

Serve immediately.

Yields: 16 biscuits

MC formatted & Busted by Barb at Possum Kingdom on 3/17/98

NOTES : Air date 3/6/98

Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" abprice@wf.net on Mar 19,
1998