Ingredients

1 cup milk
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

Method

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
2. Rub in vegetable shortening with tips of fingers, then add milk.
3. Pat and roll out dough and cut with cutter.
4. Brush with melted vegetable shortening and place one on top of another.
5. Lay on greased tin and bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
6. Sufficient for twelve biscuits.