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                          Orange Tea Biscuits

Recipe By     : Home Cooking July 1996
Serving Size  : 36   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : All Newly Typed Not Shared       Breads

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2      cups          flour
    1/2  teaspoon      salt
  2      Tablespoons   sugar
  4      teaspoons     baking powder
  3      Tablespoons   shortening
                       Grated rind of 1 orange
    3/4  cup           milk
                       orange juice

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Mix dry ingredients; cut in shortening.  Add
grated orange rind.  Add milk to dry ingredients.  Mix completely.

Turn dough onto floured board.  Pat to 1/2 inch thickness.  Cut with small
cutter.  Put into greased baking pan.  Before putting into oven, dip bottom
of beverage glass into orange juice; press down intotop of each biscuit.
Bake and serve at once.  Makes 2 1/2-3 dozen.

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