Fluffy Biscuits

I have been wanting a better biscuit recipe and decided to try a new one tonight.  I was making sausage gravy and biscuits with hash browns and strawberries on the side for sort of a breakfast for dinner type thing.  I searched around for a recipe and found this one on allrecipes.com.  I didn't want to use shortening though so I tried it with very cold butter and cut it in.  It worked really well.  I cooked these for 10 minutes, I think next time I would go with the 8 minutes.  These were a touch over done but still very good.

So here is the recipe.


Fluffy Biscuits
(from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening (*I used cold butter)
1 egg
2/3 cup milk

Directions
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles 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-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.