How to Make Biscuits

Preparation info
  • About

    16 inch

    biscuits.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

  • About

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • teaspoons

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

  2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and shortening. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until it has the consistency of coarse corn meal. Add the milk and toss gently with a two