My father was a man that could take an unstocked kitchen and make a gourmet meal. I watched him make these biscuits when we were out of milk. Just amazing!
Original recipe makes 18 biscuits
Ingredients
3 cups self-rising flour
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup tomato-vegetable juice cocktail
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PREP
15 mins
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COOK
10 mins
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READY IN
25 mins
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Stir the flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar together in a bowl, and cut in the shortening with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like crumbs. Mix in the vegetable juice cocktail just until moist, and turn out onto a well-floured work surface. Gently knead several times just until dough holds together, roll out to 1/2-inch thick, and cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until risen and lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 128 kcal
Carbohydrates: 16.2 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Fat: 5.9 g
Fiber: 0.7 g
Protein: 2.2 g
Sodium: 324 mg