Maryland Biscuit Recipe

Ingredients for Maryland Biscuit Recipe

• 1 pint flour
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Milk and water in equal quantities

Instructions

1. Mix and sift flour and salt.
2. Work in shortening with tips of fingers and moisten to a stiff dough.
3. Toss on slightly floured board and beat with rolling-pin for thirty minutes, continually folding over the dough.
4. Roll one-third inch in thickness, shape with round cutter two inches in diameter, prick with fork, and place on a buttered tin.
5. Bake twenty minutes at 375 degrees.

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