Name: Best Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients: 2 cup flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 5 tablespoon shortening; 1 cup buttermilk

Best Buttermilk Biscuits

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If you love homemade biscuits (and who doesn't?) then you will go bonkers over this recipe for Best Buttermilk Biscuits. Baking powder biscuits don't get any easier than this recipe!

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
5 tablespoons shortening
1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Sift together dry ingredients. Then cut in shortening with pastry blender or use your hands.
Make a well in the middle, pour in buttermilk, and using a fork lightly mix until flour is moistened thoroughly.
On floured surface, knead 3 times. Pat dough out until 1/2 inch thick or thicker if you like. Cut into rounds with an inverted drinking glass or a biscuit cutter.
Set biscuits into a greased pan so that their edges touch. Bake 12-15 minutes at 450 degrees F.