At my house, we love, love, love biscuits. Especially these ones. Today, my mom decided to get creative and use some special cookie-cutters: snowflake and snowman ones!
Because I want everyone to enjoy these wonderful biscuits, here is the recipe for:
‘Biscuits Supreme’, from the Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook (14th Edition).
3 cups flour
1 T. baking powder
1 T. sugar (we don’t use the sugar)
1 teaspoon salt (we use about 1/4 teaspoon)
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup butter or 1/2 cup butter and 1/4 cup shortening
1 cup milk
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar. Using a pastry blender (if you don’t have one, two butter knives work), cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Add milk all at once. Using a fork, stir just until mixture is moistened.
2. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead dough by folding and gently pressing it for four to six strokes or just until dough holds together. Pat or lightly roll dough until 3/4 inch thick. Cut dough with a floured cookie cutter (shape of your choice! we usually just use a medium-sized circular one); reroll scraps as necessary and dip cutter into flour between cuts.
3. Place biscuits 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking sheet and serve warm.
There are lots of variations you can do with these biscuits. For instance, you can add cheese to them. You can add spices and herbs. You can put two biscunits together with tuna-sandwich mixture in the middle and cook it for yummy ‘Tuna Turnovers’!
Enjoy!
