HOW DOES ROSIE MAKE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS?

              Rosie’s Buttermilk Biscuits
 
Ingredients 
2 cups of flour 
1/2  teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking power  
½ teaspoon cream of tartar  
3 tablespoons shortening/lard  
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup buttermilk
 
Preparation
Sift dry ingredients together
Cut in lard until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
Add buttermilk all at once
Mix with fork until it forms a large ball
Turn out on floured board and knead ½ minute
Roll out to 3/8-inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter.
Place biscuits on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
Makes approximately two dozen biscuits.
 
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