Afternoon Ruby Tea Biscuits Recipes

AFTERNOON RUBY TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Measure the sifted flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt and mix with fork in large mixing bowl.
• Cut in vegetable shortening until it looks like coarse bread crumbs.
• Add the milk and mix it into the flour with fork-but only until the mixture will form a soft ball.
• Place the ball of dough on a lightly floured surface and knead it 12 times.
• Rub some flour on rolling pin and roll the dough until it's about 1/4 inch thick.
• With a large biscuit cutter cut circles, very close together, in the dough. Use a straight downward motion and do not twist the cutter.
• With a spatula lift HALF of the circles, one at a time onto a cookie sheet and arrange them about 1 inch apart.
• With a small cutter cut a hole in the center of the rest of the circles to make rings and lift out the centers. Set the centers aside.
• Place the rings on top of the circles on the cookie sheet.
• Place a teaspoon of red jam or jelly in each ring.
• Bake biscuits for 12-15 minutes until golden.
• Immediately take bicsuits off cookie sheet with spatula.
• With centers bake into little biscuits.

TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• With pastry blender cut in butter.
• Add milk and mix well to form dough.
• Knead just a few times until smooth on a floured surface.
• DO NOT overwork, handle as little as possible.
• Roll to desired thickness and cut with a floured cutter or bottom of drinking glass.
• (I tend to cut them fairly thick so I never get the maximum 14 biscuits, more like 10-12!).
• Bake at 375 for 12-13 minutes.
• (I find it only takes about 10 minutes in my particular oven).

TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in the shortening until mixture is like coarse oatmeal.
• Stir in 3/4 cup milk, then add 1 or 2 tablespoons more milk to form a soft dough.
• Knead a few strokes on a lightly floured board.
• Do not overwork dough.
• Roll to about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut with a floured biscuit cutter.
• Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 425°F for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned.