Baking Powder Blueberry Biscuits
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 450. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors fashion, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk; quickly mix in blueberries and mixture forms soft dough that leaves side of bowl.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead to mix thoroughly. With a floured rolling pin, roll out dough, 1/2 inch thick for highm fluffy biscuits and 1/4 inch thick for thin, crusty ones.
With floured 2-inch biscuit cutter, cut into biscuits. Place biscuits on ungreased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart for crusty biscuits, nearly touching for soft-sided ones.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden.
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