Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup honey
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan.
- Place flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cream of tartar in a mixing bowl.
- Work in the shortening with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture resembles and feels like cornmeal.
- Pour milk into the flour mixture and mix well.
- Knead the dough about 12 to 15 times.
- Break the dough into ¼ to ⅓-cup size balls.
- Roll or pat out dough balls to ½-inch thickness.
- Place the dough pieces on a baking sheet and brush them with melted butter.
- Bake at 450°F for 10 to 12 minutes.
- While the biscuits are baking, pour the honey into the remainder of the butter and bring it to a boil.
- Remove the honey butter from the heat and set aside.
- When biscuits are done, remove them from the oven and immediately brush the tops with honey butter.