Ingredients

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
¾ cup liquid (all milk or half milk and half water)

Method

1. Mix dry ingredients and sift twice.
2. Work in fat with fingertips or cut in with two knives.
3. Add the liquid gradually, mixing with a knife in a soft dough.
4. Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll lightly to one-half inch in thickness.
5. Shape with a biscuit cutter.
6. Bake in hot oven (450-460 degrees F.) twelve to fifteen minutes.