Better Biscuits

Title: Better Biscuits
Subject: butter; margarine; shortening; flour
Description: BETTER BISCUITS THE TAMPA TRIBUNE

Card 1 Front:
Use chilled butter, margarine or shortening
and a pastry blender or your fingertips to com-
bine fat with dry ingredients.

Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Too much flour and over-kneading dough will
make biscuits tough.

Roll or pat dough to an even thickness, usually
½-inch.

Card 1 Back:
Cut biscuits with a floured biscuit cutter and
a straight downward motion. Avoid twisting
the biscuit cutter.

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# Tips for Better Biscuits

*The Tampa Tribune*

## Instructions

1. Use chilled butter, margarine, or shortening and a pastry blender or your fingertips to combine fat with dry ingredients.
2. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
3. Avoid using too much flour and over-kneading the dough, as both will make biscuits tough.
4. Roll or pat dough to an even thickness, usually 1/2-inch.
5. Cut biscuits with a floured biscuit cutter using a straight downward motion. Avoid twisting the biscuit cutter.
Source: RCA0008 - Florida Collection of Typed Cards (eBay)
Date: 1950s
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Clipped recipe
Identifier: RCA0008-20260621-0107
Coverage: Florida, US; Tampa