Recipe - Homemade Buttermilk And Black Pepper Petite Biscuits

1 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Cracked black pepper
2 tablespoon Vegetable shortening
One fourth cup Plus 1 teaspoon buttermilk

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, combine the dry
ingredients and blend thoroughly. Cream in the shortening with your fingers
or a fork, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the buttermilk a
little at a time and, using your hands or a fork, work it in just until
it's thoroughly incorporated and you have a smooth ball of dough. Do not
overwork or overhandle the dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll out
the dough with a rolling pin to a circle about 1/2inch thick. Using a
small round cookie cutter or the rim of a shot glass, press out twelve
1inch rounds. Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake until golden
brown, about 15 minutes.

Yield: 1 dozen biscuits

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Mar 11, 1998