Recipe - Fluffy Biscuits

2 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Baking powder
5 tablespoon Shortening (I use 1/2
vegetable shortening(solid)
& One half butter)
1 cup Buttermilk

From: Sarah Henderson sehender@reed.edu

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 16:10:18 0700 (PDT)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees(F). Sift dry ingredients. Then cut in butter
with pastry blender or use your hands. Make a well in the middle, pour in
buttermilk, and using a fork lightly mix until flour is moistened
thoroughly. On floured surface, knead 3 times. Pat dough out until One half inch
thick or thicker if you like. Cut into rounds with an inverted drinking
glass or a biscuit cutter. Set biscuits into a greased pan so that their
edges touch. Bake 1215 minutes at 450 degrees.

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