Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. | 2. Combine dry ingredients. | 3. Cut in shortening with two knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. | 4. Make a well in the centre and add liquid all at once. Stir vigorously until dough comes freely from the sides of the bowl. | 5. Turn dough onto a lightly floured board and roll or pat to 1/2-inch thick. | 6. Cut out 2-inch biscuits with a floured water glass or biscuit cutter. | 7. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until tops are golden brown. | 8. Serve immediately with butter, jam or honey. | 9. Variations: Cheese Tea Biscuits Use only 3/4 tsp salt and 1/4 cup shortening. | 10. Add 3/4 cup shredded cheese (yellow or marble) to dry ingredients. | 11. Buttermilk Tea Biscuits Use only 2 tsp baking powder Add 1/2 tsp baking soda Replace milk with 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk. | 12. Raisin or Nut Tea Biscuits Add to dry ingredients 1/4 cup sugar; and 3/4 cup seedless raisins or chopped nuts Use only 7/8 cup milk Whole Wheat Tea Biscuits Replace 1 cup of white flour with 1 cup whole wheat flour. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
baking powder	4	teaspoons		9.752	5.0968	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
shortening	1/3	cup		604.0667	0.0	0.0	68.3333
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.