Tasty Biscuits

We've tried a lot of biscuit recipes-this one's the

tastiest.

2 cups flour

4 tsp baking powder

3 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup shortening (or butter, I use shortening because I have a lot of it in food storage. Here's my secret tip: there's a shortening made from meat fats and vegetable oils. Also included in that is BHA, and other man-made chemicals I can't pronounce. This goes against everything I believe-but they make the best biscuits!)

1 egg

2/3 cup milk (I use our food storage a lot on this one, too

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until coarse crumbs. Beat egg with milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.

Turn onto a well-floured surface; knead 20 times. Roll to 3/4-inch thickness; cut.

Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet at 450 for 6-8 minutes or until done.

Makes 1 dozen.