Dutch oven bisquits

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Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Flour
½ teaspoon Salt
3 teaspoons Baking powder
4 tablespoons Solid shortning
1 cup Milk (diluted canned ok)

Directions

Blend flour, salt, baking powder and mash in shortning with a fork until crumbly. Add milk and stir until the dough sags down into trough left by spoon as it moves around the bowl.

Turn dough out on a floured surface, knead for 30 seconds, pat out gently until it is ½ inch thick. Cut with a round cutter or pinch off pieces of dough and form by hand.

Put bisquits into a greased Dutch Oven, cover, and bury in bright coals for 5 or 10 minutes or until golden brown.

source: Complete book of Outdoor Cookery typos by Neysa

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