Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender (or 2 knives) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and vanilla extract and mix until just combined.
- Drop biscuits onto a cookie sheets (use a 1/4 cup measure and space 2 inches apart).
- Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks near the center of the oven. Bake biscuits for 12-15 minutes, until they are golden brown, rotating cookie sheets between the upper and lower racks halfway through baking time.
- Serve warm.