Basic Biscuit Recipe

1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup Crisco
1/2 cup milk or buttermilk

Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in the Crisco until mixture resembles corn meal. Stir in milk. Let biscuit dough set about one minute. Knead biscuit dough a few times on a floured board. Roll out biscuit dough and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on a greased baking sheet (you can also use a small dutch oven or cast iron skillet.) and bake for the allotted time or until light brown.

Baking time will vary depending on size and thickness of biscuits.

Helpful Hint;

Here's a way to make this recipe even easier. Premix all the dry ingredients, including the Crisco. Put them in a Ziploc plastic bag, write on the front of the zip lock bag “Add 1/2 cup milk”. Then, all you have to do is add the moisture and knead the biscuit dough in the bag.

If milk not available, add 2 to 4 tablespoons of dried milk to the dry ingredients. Then add 1/2 cup of water when you are making the dough. What a great idea for camping or hunting.