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Orange-Zest Biscuits
From Nellie Connally.
Servings
16
Ingredients
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2
cups
flour
4
tablespoons
sugar
½
teaspoon
salt
2½
teaspoons
baking powder
5
tablespoons
vegetable shortening
zest of 1 orange,
grated or finely chopped
½
cup
milk
½
cup
orange juice
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in shortening and then stir in orange zest.
Combine milk and orange juice, add to flour mixture, and stir with a fork until dough is fairly free from sides of bowl, no more than half a minute.
Pat dough out ¾ inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter.
Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Notes
Recipe adapted from
Cooking at the Governor’s Mansion
by Carl R. McQueary, to be published by Texas A&M University Press in the spring of 2003.