Rachel's Famous Homemade Biscuits

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 7 tablespoons crisco shortening (r)
• 3/4 cup milk (rachel recommends a little less than 3/4 cup)

Recipe

• 1 place the flour and shortening in a large bowl.
• 2 using a pastry cutter, a fork, or your fingers, mix the flour and shortening into pea-sized morsels.
• 3 add the milk to the flour and shortening mixture and combine, using a fork. mix a minimum number of strokes, or for for about 15 seconds.
• 4 place the dough onto a hard surface sprinkled liberally with flour.
• 5 using floured hands, knead the dough a few times. do not over-knead.
• 6 sprinkle the dough with flour and, using a rolling pin, roll it out to the desired thickness, thin for crispy biscuits and thick for more doughy biscuits.
• 7 use a cookie cutter cut out the biscuits and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. keep the cookie cutter well-coated with flour to prevent sticking.
• 8 remaining dough can be used to make stickies (recipe #.).
• 9 bake at 450* for 12 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.