2 cups sifted flour3 tablespoons sugar4 teaspoons baking powder½ teaspoon cream of tartar½ teaspoon salt½ cup shortening2/3 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened3 tablespoons sugar mixed with 2 teaspoons cinnamon Preheat oven to 425°. Grease a cookie sheet. Sift together the dry ingredients. Using two butter knives, cut the shortening into the flour… Continue reading Cinnamon Petal Biscuits
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Baking Powder Biscuits
My mother-in-law’s recipe. Step away from the box of quick-biscuit-mix and keep your hands on the floured board where I can see them. Have no fear – you can do this! 2 cups flour1 tablespoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt3 tablespoons shortening2/3 cup milk Mix and sift dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening; add milk gradually.… Continue reading Baking Powder Biscuits
Joe Carson’s Ginger Cookies (Midwest Living, December, 1990)
A friend from Indiana sent us this recipe. Clipping it from the magazine “Midwest Living”, it came with an article attached. I dimly remember the story of these cookies – after all, it was almost 25 years ago when I received it! Joe Carson ran a bake shop out West, and when the holidays approached,… Continue reading Joe Carson’s Ginger Cookies (Midwest Living, December, 1990)
Mom’s Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Before I tasted these, I didn’t much care for sugar cookies. This is the archetypal Christmas cookie in our household. My spouse is the third generation of family bakers using this particular recipe. It simply is not Christmas time without it. 8 ½ cups flour 1 ½ cups shortening (melted) 3 cups sugar 3 eggs… Continue reading Mom’s Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Recipes out of the Blond Box 