Title: Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits
Categories: Bread Biscuit Southern
Yield: 15 Biscuits

4	c	All-purpose flour
2	tb	Baking powder
1	ts	Soda
3/4	ts	Salt
1	tb	Sugar
2/3	c	Margarine; softened
1 1/2	c	Buttermilk
1/4	c	Margarine; melted

Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar; cut in 2/3 cup margarine until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 or 5 times.

Roll dough to 3/4 inch thickness; cut with a 2-3/4 inch biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet; brush tops with melted margarine. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1980. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman

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