Hello!
Today is my
birthday! I have had the best birthday ever! My uncle gave me a knife and a
cutting board. From my friend I received the book All My Friends Are Dead. It
is the funniest and saddest book I have ever read. Everyone should read it!
Another
reason this is the best birthday ever is because instead of having a traditional
birthday party, I had a tea party. Of course for this party I made all of the
food. I baked and cooked all weekend to get ready for the party. On the menu
was cucumber sandwiches, vegetable cream cheese, lemon cookies, chocolate
strawberries, chocolate truffles, biscuits with jam, mini cakes, and of course
tea. All of the food was very simple to make. The biscuits recipe is the best
biscuits recipe I have ever made so I think I will share that on with you
today! It is very very simple, so it doesn’t take very much to make them.
This recipe
is from the Pillsbury Kitchen Cookbook.
Old-Fashion
Baking Powder Biscuits
2 cups all-purpose
flour
3 teaspoons
baking powder
½ teaspoon
salt
½ butter
flavored Crisco
2/3 to ¾ cup
milk
Heat oven to
450 degrees F. In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a
pastry blender or fork, cut in Crisco until
consistency of course meal. Add milk, stir just until a soft dough forms. Turn dough onto a floured surface, sprinkle
lightly with flour. Knead 10 to 12 times until no longer sticky. Roll or press
dough to ½-inch thickness; cut with 2-inch floured cutter. Place biscuits ½ inch
apart for soft sides and 1 inch for crusty sides on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 450 for 8 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately.
Makes 12 to
15 biscuits.
Sorry my picture
of these didn’t turn out the best, but I believe that you can use your
imagination for how biscuits look. I hope you enjoy these!
Nacny
