Best Biscuits Ever!

I love these biscuits. I got the recipe in my cooking classes at the Y. We would seriously make these with any meal type dish we were making in lab because they're easy and absolutely delicious! Anyone who took that class is addicted to these biscuits. They are called Baking Powder Biscuits.

Ingredients

1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cake flour
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp sugar
½ cup vegetable shortening
¾ cup milk

Preheat oven to 425. Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk all at once and stir just until dough forms a ball. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead 12 times. Pat or roll ½ inch thick. Cut into rounds with 2 inch cutter. Bake on greased baking sheet for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and flaky. (You can substitute all regular flour. I use cake flour because who wants to mess with a good recipe, right? But using all all-purpose flour works as well.)

I would only cook mine for 12-13 minutes. It all depends on your oven. I don't like them to get too golden brown. Just slightly golden. Although I'm sure if you were cooking on a good sheet vs. the stuff I have, it might cook a bit different. I tend to get around 10-12 biscuits from this. I just use a glass cup to cut mine out. With this recipe I used a plastic kiddie cup, so they're a bit smaller than usual. These were cooked about two minutes longer than I'd recommed, so you can get an idea for the coloring.  Add some butter and jam. Mmmm.