Baking Powder Biscuits

The American biscuit: flour, fat and liquid brought together fast and barely handled. Work the butter in with your fingertips and stop mixing while the dough still looks rough.

Time: 25 min · Other

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour — 250 g
• baking powder — 4 tsp
• salt — 1 tsp
• lard or shortening — 1 tbsp
• butter — 1 tbsp
• milk and water, half and half — 180 ml

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 230°C (450°F).
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together twice — it makes a noticeable difference to the rise.
3. Rub in the butter and lard with your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
4. Add the liquid gradually, cutting it in with a knife, until you have a soft dough; stop while it still looks shaggy.
5. Pat out on a floured surface to 2 cm thick and cut rounds without twisting the cutter.
6. Bake for 12–15 minutes, until risen and golden.

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