Baking Powder Biscuits For the Faint at Heart

Last Edit August 2, 1999

>Big D,

>Boy, would I ever like to know how to do really great baking powder
>biscuits.
>My husband would put me on the highest pedestal he could find.
>No kidding. He would bow down and kiss my size nine feet if he had those.
>I NEED that one. The recipe.
>I can spell biscuits.
>I just can't make them yet.
>It's like I'm rich.
>I just don't have the money yet.
>Is that like being a little bit pregnant?
>No.

To S:
Try this:

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

2 Cups flour - don't bother sifting
1 Tablespoon sugar - optional (if there is a sweet tooth involved - then you can skip jelly)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt - LEVEL - always drag a table knife over the measuring spoons
6 Tablespoons margarine (OK), Crisco (I use) - the white stuff
mix with a fork (mash really) until crumbly crumbs - or you can cheat and use a pastry blender
Add 1 Cups milk (no-fat, low fat or whole)
Stir and drop by globs (about 6) onto a cookie sheet onto which you have sprayed PAM or rubbed down with Crisco so the sheet has a THIN coating (use your fingers - after you wash your hands) (or put your hands inside a plastic baggy - that's the PC way)
Bake at 350-375 - NOT 450 like the cookbooks say - until browned lightly 15-20 minutes.
Soft and fluffy inside. Lightly crusty outside. Ready for soft butter (or substitute), honey, jam or jelly.

THESE CRUMBLE WHEN WARM - SO WHAT!

If your spouse has a penchant for round things, you can REDUCE the milk to 3/4C and then roll out the dough (THICKLY) and cut out with a donut cutter (if you have one) or a drinking glass dipped in flour (if you don't). Pinch the leftover dough into a flat blob.

Cook as above. Split and serve with the toppings.

My son's favorite - margarine/butter with cinnamon and sugar.

If your spouse prefers BUTTERMILK version - I have that too.

To D:
Subject: Re: now I've got to buy flour and Crisco and have real baking stuff

To S:
Just tell me if you actually make them (DO NOT SUBSTITUTE AND THEY CANNOT BE SAT ON!) and he actually eats them./... my boys grew up on this ... my older son misses them.

To D:
>I MADE HISTORY, the biscuits turned out great, everybody ate them up.

>Throwing away my bad cook badge.

To S:
Told you so! :-)