These days families are trying to stretch their food budget as far as they can and homemade biscuits are a wonderful way to make simple meals more filling.  Recently on the Country Life and Homesteading email list a member asked for a good homemade biscuit recipe because she wanted to get away from buying them premade.  Biscuits are so easy to make and so quick there is no reason to pay for the processed and frozen critters from the store.  Anyone can do it from scratch!

I have two biscuit recipes, one for a breakfast biscuit and the other for a cheesy, savory supper time biscuit.  I hope you enjoy them!

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Buttermilk Breakfast Biscuits

2 1/2 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
1/3 c. butter, melted (I use unsalted)
1 c. buttermilk
1 – 1 1/2 T bacon drippings
additional melted butter to brush biscuit tops

Preheat oven to 450.  Grease cookie sheet with bacon drippings.  Sift
together dry ingredients.  Pour in butter & buttermilk, mix to form
sticky dough.  Turn out onto floured surface and knead briefly,
folding the dough onto itself.  Pat out to about 1/2 inch thick.  Cut
with a 3 inch floured cutter (I use a drinking glass).  Place on
cookie sheet, leaving space for the heat to circulate around each
biscuit.  Bake 10-12 minutes.  Brush with butter during last minute of
baking. Makes 8 big biscuits.

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Cheesy Biscuits

2 c. flour
1 T. baking powder
1/4 t. onion powder
1/4 t. garlic powder
1 t. salt
1 T. sugar
1/3 c. shortening
1/2 c. shredded Colby Jack cheese
1 c. milk

Preheat oven to 425.  Grease cookie sheet.  Sift together dry ingredients.  Cut in shortening until lumps are pea-sized and well distributed.  Stir in cheese then milk.  Turn out onto floured surface and knead briefly,
folding the dough onto itself.  Pat out to about 1/2 inch thick.  Cut
with a 3 inch floured cutter (I use a drinking glass).  Place on
cookie sheet, leaving space for the heat to circulate around each
biscuit.  Bake 13-15 minutes.