Grandma's Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Biscuit Recipes. (Grandma's Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe). This is my grandmother's biscuit recipe. It is my all-time favorite and has a really good flavor to it. Be sure not to roll out too thin, you want high biscuits! I usually just pat out the dough to the desired thickness, usually 1/2 inch.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 25 mins

Servings: 12

Yield: 1 dozen biscuits

Grandma's Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons white sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon cream of tartar

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup vegetable shortening

1 egg

⅔ cup milk

Bread

Directions

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift flour sugar baking powder cream of tartar and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry cutter to chop vegetable shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and milk together in a separate bowl and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture stirring as you pour until dough is moistened and well-mixed. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are golden brown 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Grandma's Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:12

Calories: 173.3

% Daily Value *

Protein: 3.1g 6%

Carbohydrates: 19.1g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 0.6g 2%

Sugars: 2.8g

Fat: 9.4g 15%

Saturated Fat: 2.5g 12%

Cholesterol: 16.6mg 6%

Vitamin A Iu: 45.9IU 1%

Niacin Equivalents: 1.9mg 15%

Folate: 40.8mcg 10%

Calcium: 111.4mg 11%

Iron: 1.2mg 7%

Magnesium: 7mg 3%

Potassium: 69.2mg 2%

Sodium: 271.3mg 11%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 17%

Calories From Fat: 84.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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