Fresh Alberta Biscuits recipe

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Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup nonfat dry milk powder
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup baking powder
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups shortening
1 ½ cups water, or as needed

Nutrition Info

283.4 calories
carbohydrate: 27.8 g
cholesterol: 0.5 mg
fat: 17.4 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 4.1 g
saturatedFat: 4.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 386.7 mg
sugar: 3.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Whisk together flour, dry milk powder, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt in a large bowl. Cut shortening into flour mixture with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir water into mixture until uniformly moistened and a soft dough forms.

  3. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and, with floured hands, knead until smooth, about 8 to 10 turns. Roll dough out to 3/4-inch thickness with a floured rolling pin. Cut biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter, place onto a baking sheet. Press dough trimmings together, roll out again, and cut remaining dough into rounds.

  4. Bake biscuits in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes. Serve warm.

Recipe Yield

24 biscuits

Recipe Note

Pioneer biscuits, the same ones Grammy used to make. You can use either lard or shortening.

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