Cloud Biscuits

Quite a few years ago I remember going through my Grandmother's recipes and noticing she had a lot of recipes for biscuits.  They were largely the same, with some slight variations.  I remember we made a few different recipes to find the one we liked the best.  Although it has been years, I still know that we thought the cloud biscuits were top notch.

For Father's Day this weekend we decided to have a cookout and I wanted to make some strawberry shortcake.  My favorite strawberry shortcake is on biscuits with real whipped cream.  So I searched the internet for cloud biscuits.  While I don't know if this is the exact recipe Gram had, I do know that this recipe was fabulous and will be my 'go-to' recipe for biscuits.

Source:  food.com

2 cups flour

1/2 cup shortening

2/3 cup milk

1 egg

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

Directions:

1. 1  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. 2  Mix dry ingredients.
3. 3  Cut in shorting with a pastry blender or a couple butter knives.
4. 4  Stir in milk and egg.
5. 5  Knead with flour until doughy (not so sticky).
6. 6  Roll out 3/4 to 1 inch and cut with biscuit cutter.
7. 7  Place close together on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8. 8  Bake for 10-15 minutes until the tops begin to brown.
9. 9  (check the bottoms to make sure they're cooked through).

This made 9 biscuits and they were fabulous.  Here's a crappy cell picture to prove it!