Biscuits Supreme - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 tsp. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
2/3 c. milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0. Sift all dry ingredients; cut in shortening with pastry blender until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk all at once. Stir until dough follows fork around bowl. If it seems too dry, add a small amount of milk to mixture. Turn dough out on lightly floured surface. Knead gently. Roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 10 to 12 minutes.