Minnie's Biscuits

Minnie’s Biscuits
Heat oven to 400o
Sift together:
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
Whisk these together in a bowl.

Mix 1 cup buttermilk with 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine. I always use butter.

Make a well in the dry ingredients–with a fork, lightly mix in buttermilk mixture. You may need to sift in a little more flour or add a little more milk.

Sift a little flour onto your counter or bread board. Turn the dough over in it and make a smooth ball. You may want to knead it a few times.
Pat to about 3/4 inch thick. Cut biscuits. This made 15. My cutter isn’t large.

Put 2 Tablespoons butter + 3 Tablespoons Crisco in your pan.
Put it in the oven to melt & heat the pan.
Turn biscuits over in your pan.
Bake until nice and brown–10 to 15 minutes.

I find that just smoothing the dough with my hands makes a lighter biscuit than rolling the dough. Also do not twist the cutter as that seals the edges and they don’t rise as well.