Aunty Lynne’s Famous Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup grated cheese
• 2/3 – 1 cup milk

Equipment

• large bowl
• mixing spoon
• measuring cups and spoons
• 2 knives or pastry blender
• cookie cutter or glass to cut circles
• cookie sheet

Here is how:

1. Preheat oven to 450° F.
2. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
3. Cut butter into the mixture using the 2 knives or pastry blender.
4. Continue cutting in until butter is the size of small peas.
5. Slowly add milk. Start with 2/3 cup and add more, if necessary, just until dough leaves the side of the bowl and rounds up into a ball.
6. Add cheese.
7. Turn dough onto lightly floured, clean surface.
8. Knead lightly about 10 times, until the dough feels rights; it should not stick to your hands!
9. Pat dough down to about 1/2 inch thick.
10. Cut out small circles using the rim of a glass or a cookie cutter.
11. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
12. Bake until golden, about 10-12 minutes.
13. Serve warm. Delicious with jam!

Adapted from Betty Crocker's Cookbook

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