Aunt Cora's Biscuits

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour, sifted
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda (more baking soda may be added if the starter if very sour.)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening, melted
• 1 1/2 cups sourdough starter

Recipe

• 1 place flour in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening and dry ingredients.
• 2 mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny finish.
• 3 pat or roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness, cut and put on a greased pan.
• 4 coat all sides of biscuits with melted butter.
• 5 let rise over boiling water for 1/2 hour.
• 6 bake at 425 degrees f for 15 to 20 minutes.