Recipe - Oatmeal Drop Biscuits

2 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Salt; (optional)
1 cup Quaker® Oats; (any variety,
uncooked)
One fourth cup Margarine; chilled
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 One half cup Buttermilk*
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 Egg white
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Water

Heat oven to (450°F). Combine flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking
soda and salt; mix well. Cut in margarine with pastry blender or two knives
until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk; mix with fork just
until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop by (One fourth cup) measure onto
ungreased baking sheet. Beat together egg white and water. Brush tops of
biscuits with egg white mixture. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light
golden brown. Serve warm. *Or substitute soured milk. Combine (1 One fourth cups)
1% milk and (4 tsp) lemon juice; let stand 5 minutes or until slightly
thickened.

Yield: 16 biscuits.

Posted to brandnamerecipes by Abtaxel Abtaxel@aol.com on Apr 16, 1998