Alabama Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1 Tbsp. butter or shortening
1 heaping Tbsp. granulated sugar
2 c. lukewarm milk
2 tsp. baking powder
4 to 5 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Combine yeast, sugar, baking powder and shortening with milk. Mix flour to make a stiff dough. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with floured biscuit cutter. Butter top of each biscuit and place one on top of another.
(These are doubled decked biscuits.) Let rise 1 hour.
Place on greased pan and bake at 375\u00b0 until brown.