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 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons shortening 3/4 cup milk Sift flour, baking powder and salt together two or three times; add shortening, half butter and half other fat, and lightly rub in with finger-tips; add milk, or half milk and half water, slowly until mixture becomes a soft dough; turn out on floured boared and roll, or pat, out lightly to about one-half to three-quarters inch thick; cut out with biscuit cutter and set rounds in shallow lightly greased baking pan and sufficiently spaced from each other; brush tops with melted butter, and bake in hot oven fifteen to twenty minutes. Bread and Bread Making | Griddle Cakes and Waffles | Cereals and Cereal Products | Soups and Chowders | Salads and Salad Dressing | Relishes and Sauces | Meats | Poultry and Game | Fish and Seafoods | Eggs and Cheese | Sandwiches and Cold Meats | Vegetables and Garden Fruit | Cake and Cake Making | Pies and Pastries | Desserts and Frozen Ices | Beverages and Cold Drinks | Candy and Candy Making 
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