Baking Powder Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups flour
8 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup Crisco
2 tablespoons sugar
2 large beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups milk

Preparation

Sift together flour and baking powder.
Stir in salt and sugar.
Cut in the Crisco until the mixture resembles crumbs.
Stir together eggs and milk.
Make a well in the dry mixture and stir in the milk mixture with a fork.
Stir just to moisten, then turn out onto a lightly floured board.
Knead about 15 times, then pat lightly into a circle, about 1/2-inch thick.
(The secret to light and fluffy biscuits is to handle the dough as little as possible) With a sharp round cutter, cut out rounds, without twisting the cutter.
Just give it a sharp tap, then lift straight up (twisting the cutter causes the biscuits to slope over when they are baking) place on a baking sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0F for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve warm.