Baking Powder Biscuits

Ingredients:
2 cups sifted flour
1 tbls. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk (about)

Directions:
Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal or crumbs.
Make a hollow in flour-shortening mixture and stir in enough milk to make dough that leaves the sides of the bowl and sticks to the mixing fork.
Turn onto lightly floured surface and and kneed with heel of hand 15 times.
Roll 1/2" thick
Cut with 2" cutter put on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 450 degrees 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Makes 12 to 16 biscuits.