Cheddar biscuits with smithfield ham

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¾ cup All purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Solid vegetable shortening
½ cup Shredded cheddar cheese
¾ cup Buttermilk
½ cup Chopped green onions
Butter
½ pounds Thinly sliced smithfield ham or black forest ham
5 minutes. Makes 35 biscuits.

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 deg. F. Lightly butter 2 cookie sheets. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl. Add shortening and cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in cheese. Add buttermilk and onions and mix well. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface and roll lout to thickness of ½ inch. Cut out biscuits using 1½-inch round biscuit butter. Gather scraps and reroll. Cut out additional biscuits. Transfer biscuits to prepared cookie sheets. Bake until puffed and light golden, about 15 minutes. Cool on rack. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.) Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. Split and lightly butter biscuits. Stuff with ham. Place on cookie sheets. Bake biscuits just until heated through, about Bon Appetit November 1992

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky <miriamp@...> on Dec 26, 1997

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