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Tea Biscuits - Mom Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 heaping teaspoons baking powder
2 cups thin cream (10% fat or so)
Directions:
Directions:
Stir together dry ingredients. Moisten with cream.
Pat in a disc about 1/2 inch thick and cut out biscuits. Place on a greased baking tray.
Bake at 450 º F for about 12 to 15 minutes.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Warning; Do not substitute milk for the cream or the biscuits will be very hard and not flaky.
This is the biscuit recipe that Mom used when we lived on the farm and had a can of cream in the basement. Mom used a glass or a small soup tin to cut out the biscuits. She dipped the cutter in flour so it would not stick to the dough.

 

 

 

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