Emily's Cooking Blog

Makes about two dozen biscuits

Ingredients

4 c. all-purpose flour

2 tbsp. sugar

2 tbsp. baking powder

2 tsp. salt

Pinch paprika

1 c. shortening

2 c. grated cheddar cheese

1 ½ c. milk

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and paprika.

3. Cut shortening into flour mixture with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.

4. Stir in grated cheese.

5. Stir in milk until dough leaves side of bowl (dough will be soft and sticky).

6. Turn dough into lightly floured surface.

7. Knead lightly 10 times.

8. Flatten dough with hands or rolling pin. It should be 1” high (2.5 cm).

9. Place slightly apart on parchment paper lined baking sheets.

10. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

Source: Mr. Turcotte

This week our class began our quick breads unit. Our first lab was cheese biscuits. Something that went well was making sure we had the correct amounts of the correct ingredients right from the start. No one had to go back and change the ingredients that they got. Something that did not go well was our use of time. One of the members in our group had an infected cut on his arm and couldn’t cook so that left two of us to complete the entire recipe in just an hour. Something we learned in class that was crucial to the final product was knowing how to cut-in shortening. Without this we probably would have just creamed the shortening into the mixture making the biscuits hard and not as good to eat. Next time I try this recipe I want to be more careful to not over handle the dough so all the biscuits turn out uniform in shape. This lab was lots of fun and tasted good too!