Mile High Buttery Biscuits

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 cup butter (i use margarine) or 3/4 cup margarine (i use margarine)
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 2 with a knife or pastry cutter cut in, flour, baking powder, cream of tartar,.
• 3 salt, sugar and margarine. cut in until it becomes course and crumbly.
• 4 whip together milk and egg with a fork.
• 5 mix with the flour mixture until it forms a soft dough.add flour if the dough is too sticky.
• 6 important: do not over mix. this will made your biscuit hard if you over mix.
• 7 roll out dough with a rolling pin to about 11/2 to 2 inch thickness.
• 8 i use an empty small can of peas opened at both ends (to let the air though) to cut out the biscuits.
• 9 place biscuits on a cookie sheet.
• 10 place cookie sheet in your preheated oven on the very top rack.
• 11 bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
• 12 remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.