Servings: 6
Calories: 443kcal
Ingredients
Biscuit dough
- 3.74 Cups All purpose flour 3 3/4 Cups or 450 grams
- 5 Tablespoons Vegetable shortening
- 2 Tablespoons Baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons Salt
- 1.25 Cups Milk 1 1/4 Cup of regular milk
Other
- 1/2 Tablespoon Vegetable shortening To grease the pan
- 1/2 Tablespoon Oil Or butter for the top of the biscuits
- 1 Tablespoon Flour For dusting the counter (if needed)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425F or 218C
- Grease a baking pan with vegetable shortening
Prepare Dough
- Combine the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, and mix.
- Add the vegetable shortening, then using your hands, pastry cutter of a food processor, cut the shortening into the flour. When finished, the dough should look like petite balls.
- Add your milk to the flour mixture. Gently combine the flour and milk.
- Turn the dough out onto your work surface (if need dust with a little flour) and shape into a long log 3/4 of an inch thick.
- Using a biscuit cutter cut our your biscuits and place them into your greased pan.
- Gather up any dough scraps and form them into more biscuits.
- Add oil or melted butter to the top of your biscuits
Bake
- Bake your biscuits in an oven preheated to 425 F until the tops are golden brown. They are now ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 443kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 1029mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 82IU | Calcium: 305mg | Iron: 4mg
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