Budget Friendly, Homemade, Southern Style Biscuits

Turn your oven on to 450. Measure all of the dry ingredients and put in a mixing bowl. Using Your whisk, a fork or your mixer, add the shortening. Continue to mix this together until is looks like cornmeal. This is an important step. Don't leave chunks of shortening in the mix. I was taught to make a small well in the middle of the flour mixture and begin there, pouring the milk in. Use a fork or your hands for this part. Mix the milk in, stir, add some more, mix, until you have a soft dough formed. Now, you definitely have to use your hands. Should your dough not be as described, you may need to add a little more milk to achieve the right texture.

Get the dough into a soft ball and put it on a floured surface. Kneading is just rolling the dough over and over and playing with it, sort of like when you were a kid.You do this gently about 25 times. Using a rolling pin or other type object, roll the dough out to about a 1/2 inch thick sheet of dough. A cup or small glass serves well for cutting the biscuits out. Make sure you put a little flour on it first. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 11 minutes or until golden brown. I usually take margarine and coat the tops when they start to turn brown. This gives them a beautiful soft, golden glow when served.

My Aunt Nora taught me how to make biscuits when I was about 12 years old. The knowledge has served me well. Thank you to her for this and many more lessons.