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                             PEPPER BISCUITS

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Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cajun                            Breads

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   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

  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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