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Pepper biscuits

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 c All purpose flour
• 1 tb Baking powder
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 1 tb Coarse cracked black pepper
• 1/2 ts Baking soda
• 3/4 c Shortening
• 1 c Buttermilk

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450-500F. Sift 2 cups of the flour with the baking powder salt pepper and baking soda into a bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or fork or work it in with your fingers. Add the buttermilk to make a soft dough mixing just until the dough holds together. Flour your hands. Pull of a piece of dough the size of a biscuit and dip the wet edge into the extra flour. The roll or pat into a biscuit. Place slightly touching on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until golden golden brown. 8-10 minutes. From Nathalie Dupree's "New Southern Cooking"

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