Soda Biscuits

These are a little faster and easier than traditional biscuits, also saltier and the kids (at 4 and 6) said they like these better. I usually serve them with gravy, but these are very good eaten with just jam. The original version of this recipe called for sifting twice, but I can't detect a difference.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour (all purpose)
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 tbsp butter (cut or cubed finely, makes it easier to combine without a pastry cutter)
• ¾ milk combined with 4 tbsp vinegar (to emulate buttermilk)

Directions

• Sift dry ingredients together into a large bowl
• Work butter in with a fork, until it forms a crumbly dough
• Combine sour milk
• Turn onto a floured surface, kneed 5-6 times, no more (overworking the dough = poor consistency)
• Flatten out to ½ inch, cut out rounds (I always used a pint glass for this)
• Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned / 190 degrees internal