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Kat's Buttermilk Biscuits

1 pkg dry yeast
2 tbs warm water
1 cup vegetable shortening
5 cups flour
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
2 cups buttermilk

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Cut shortening into dry ingredients, add yeast and buttermilk.
Knead lightly. Roll out on flour board and cut. Let rise 3 hours. Bake @ 400F
12-15 mins. Can be frozen on cookie sheet then placed in plastic bags.

To substitute for buttermilk 1 tbs vinegar or lemon juice plus milk to make 1 cup
For soft biscuits let touch when baking, for firmer  biscuits, do not let touch.

James's Butter Milk Biscuits

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
5 tablespoons chilled vegetable shortening
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 425F. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Cut shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.

Add buttermilk, tossing with a fork, until dough holds together.

Turn dough onto a floured surface and form into a disk. Knead lightly just a few times until smooth.

Pat dough to a 3/4-inch thickness. Using a biscuit cutter or glass dipped in flour, cut out biscuits. Place biscuits about 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Gather the trimmings and repeat forming and cutting.

Bake about 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.
Makes 12. Try one of these  Butters

Granny's Buttermilk Biscuits

3 cups flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoon (rounded) regular or butter flavored shortening
1 to 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Add shortening and cut in with knife until well blended. Add buttermilk and mix well (dough will be sticky). Roll dough out on well-floured board and cut with sharp biscuit cutter. Place in pan. Bake until brown.

  Buttermilk Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick® baking mix or Shanna's Basic Baking Mix SC113
2/3 cups buttermilk
2 tsp. granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbls. margarine - melted, divided

Combine Bisquick®, buttermilk, sugar, salt, and half the melted margarine in a medium bowl and mix until well blended.
-Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead for 30 seconds, until dough becomes elastic.
-Roll dough to 3/4" thick and cut out 3" circles with a cookie cutter or glass.
-Arrange circles on an ungreased baking sheet and bake in 450 degree oven for 10-12 minutes, until golden on top and doubled in height.
-Brush biscuits with melted margarine immediately upon removing from oven

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

- Edward Gibbon