Buttermilk Biscuits

 Buttermilk biscuits

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon sugar

1//2 cup shortening

½ teaspoon baking soda

¾ cup buttermilk

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large mixing bowl; mix well. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Sprinkle buttermilk sprinkle buttermilk mixture evenly over flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 2 to 3 times. 

Pat dough to ¼ inch thickness; cut biscuits with a 2 inch biscuit cutter. Place in 2 lightly greased 8 inch round cake pans. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: about 1½ dozen