Every Day Buttermilk Biscuits

Pre-heat your oven to 375F.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. Add the shortening and with a large fork or pastry cutter, incorporate into flour. Pour in the buttermilk and gently fold in. When the dough comes together in a large clump, dump onto a lightly floured surface. (I wash my counter and while still wet, I lay out a piece of alminium foil, large enough to pat out the dough onto the counter, and with a damp cloth, rub it onto the surface and sprinkle with flour. The foil sticks to the counter and the flour sticks to the foil and later, clean up is a snap).

Knead the dough lightly about 6 times and pat into a cicle about 1/2 inches thick. Cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter. (I use an empty baking powder can. I have removed the top and bottom with a can opener.)

Place biscuits close together in a glass baking dish or iron skillet that has been greased lightly with shortening. Pop into the hot oven. Bake about 10-15 minutes and remove from oven.

Drizzle some melted butter over each biscuit, and a little (optional) sprinkle of salt on top, return to oven until they begin to brown, maybe another 5 minutes but watch them closely.

Yummy! Double the recipe to feed more hungry people. This recipe makes about 8, 2.5″ biscuits.