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The Farmer's Wife's Old-Fashioned Baking Powder Biscuits

Today I'm sharing these biscuits from "The Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook". They come out of the oven warm and flaky, and you just can't wait to dig into them! Not only are they super quick to pull together, but they're also quite simple (only 5 ingredients!).
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 t. baking powder
  • 1 t. salt
  • 4 T. butter
  • 3/4 cup milk

Instructions
 

  • Start by measuring out your dry ingredients and then giving them a quick sifting!
  • Cut your butter into chunks and add to the dry ingredients. Use either your fingers or a couple of knives to work the butter into the dry ingredients.
  • Once you get the butter all worked in, pour in the milk and stir rapidly for a few seconds.
  • One tip that I’ve found for when rolling out the dough is to put it on a floured cookie sheet. This way, your cookie sheet is the only surface dirty and not your entire kitchen table! So get your dough set out onto the cookie sheet and knead it vigorously for about 30 seconds.
  • Then roll it out to about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Using either your biscuit cutter or a glass drinking cup, cut out your biscuits and then place on a baking sheet (or the top of a glass casserole dish) and bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes.
  • Pull out and serve warm with some butter and jam!
  • Enjoy!