Farmhouse Buttermilk Biscuits

Makes a perfect, flaky-top, moist biscuit.

Preheat oven to 450.

In a mixing bowl , combine flour , baking powder , salt , cream of tartar , and sugar.

Cut butter into pieces , then cut into flour mixture.

Real butter is very hard , and i found that it was much easier to use my fingers to squeeze the butter into the flour.

When the mixture is well combined and crumbly , make a well in the center and pour in buttermilk.

Using a fork , stir , starting at the outside of the bowl and blending inward.

Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead a few times , just until the dough is completely combined and holds together well.

With a rolling pin , roll dough out to about 1 / 2 inch thick.

Cut with a biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter.

Grease a cookie sheet with crisco and place the biscuits 1-2 inches apart on the sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes.

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cream of tartar, sugar, real butter, buttermilk