Title: Orange Tea Biscuits
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 14 servings
2 c Flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Salt
4 tb Shortening
3/4 c Milk
1 tb Grated orange rind
Orange juice
1 sm Sugar cubes
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together into mixing bowl. Cut in
shortening with a pastry blender, blending it until the mixture resembles
coarse corn meal. Add orange rind. Stirring in with a fork, add enough milk
to make soft dough, or until flour leaves sides of bowl and follows fork;
continue stirring until all flour disappears.
Turn out on board; knead lightly for about 1/2 minute. Turn smooth side
up and pat dough or roll 1/2" thick; cut with floured biscuit cutter.
Transfer biscuits to a greased baking sheet; place 1" apart if crusty
biscuits are desired, or barely touching each other for softer biscuits
with less crust. Press a small cube of sugar dipped in orange juice into
top of each biscuit. Bake at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.
