Ingredients

3 cups flour

2 tablsps sugar

4 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup buttermilk

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 450 In large bowl mix flour, sugar. baking powder and salt
  2. Cut in the shortening until mixture resembels coarse crumbs Add buttermilk and stir quickly with fork, until mixture forms a soft dough and leaves the sides of the bowl. On lightly floured surface with floured hands, knead dough 10 times Pat dough into an 8 in ch sq then cut in nine squares. 4 Separate gently and place on cookie sheet about an inch apart Bake 12-15 mins until lightly brown