Basic Ingredients

When you cook from scratch you can create just about anything in 20 minutes or less. Last night I was in the mood for some biscuits and homemade jam. The Blackberry Jam was all ready made and in the refrigerator. So all I had to do was make some biscuits; the only milk in the house was buttermilk (shucks) so I looked up a recipe for Buttermilk Biscuits and found a wonderful one in this book....
Here is the recipe:

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 Tbls. Baking Powder
1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup lard or shortening
3/4 cup Buttermilk

*Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in lard until mixture resembles coarse meal or crumbs.

* Make a hollow in flour-shortening mixture and stir in enough milk to make a soft dough that leaves the sides of the bowl and sticks to the mixing fork.

* Turn onto lightly floured surface and knead with heel of hand 15 times, roll 1/4 to 1/2" thick.

* Cut with a 2" cutter; lift cutouts to un-greased baking sheet with broad spatula. Place close together for soft sides, 1" apart for crusty sides.

*Bake in very hot oven (450*F) 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve at once. Makes 12 to 16 biscuits.



The book that this recipe came from is one of my older cookbooks ( I LOVE OLD COOKBOOKS) Copywrite 1969 - It originally cost $4.50. It was hand inscribed with "May 21, 1969 Margaret Jensen 240 E 20th St Tracy, California". Library of Congress Catalog card Number 69-10973. It's a wonderful book and wealth worth the hunt to find.
FOUND IT on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/HOMEMADE-BREAD-Editor-Journal-NICHOLS/dp/B000AMW3XK/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278420282&sr=8-9