Drop Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
6 -7 tablespoons shortening
1 cup milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0F Grease muffin pan or cookie sheet.
I skip sifting but I fluff my flour before I measure.
Mix dry ingredients.
\"Cut in\" shortening. If you don't have a pastry blender, this means using 2 knives and, with a scissor motion, cut across the shortening repeatedly until the mixture is a very fine crumble.
Add milk.
Stir lightly, just enough to blend ingredients, or biscuits will be tough. Dough will be sticky and cling to fork.
Fill greased muffin pan 2/3 full or drop 1\" apart on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 450\u00b0F 12-15 minutes.