Recipe For Old Fashioned Tea Biscuits
Step 5 do not let them touch on baking sheet.
Recipe for old fashioned tea biscuits. Bake until edges are golden brown 17 20 minutes. Cut in butter until mixture is a course crumb texture. Stir in milk with a fork to make a soft dough.
Cut shortening in until mixture has a fine crumb texture. Add milk stirring with a fork to make a soft dough. Put first 5 ingredients in bowl.
Turn out on lightly floured surface. In a bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy 5 7 minutes. Knead 8 to 10 times and then roll out to a thickness of at least 1 2 inch.
Roll dough into 1 in. Roll or pat 1 2 to 3 4 inch thick or half the thickness you want the baked product to be. Preheat oven to 325.
Step 4 either cut out with 2 1 2 inch biscuit cutter or break off and shape into individual rolls. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine flour baking powder and salt.
Cut into rounds with a cookie or biscuit cutter. Baking powder and salt. Stir quickly to combine.