Farmhouse Buttermilk Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup real butter (margarine will work, too, but the taste and texture will be different)
1 1/4 cups buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450.
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cream of tartar, and sugar.
Cut butter into pieces, then cut into flour mixture. Real butter is very hard, and I found that it was much easier to use my fingers to squeeze the butter into the flour.
When the mixture is well combined and crumbly, make a well in the center and pour in buttermilk.
Using a fork, stir, starting at the outside of the bowl and blending inward.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead a few times, just until the dough is completely combined and holds together well.
With a rolling pin, roll dough out to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter.
Grease a cookie sheet with crisco and place the biscuits 1-2 inches apart on the sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes.