4 cups of self rising flour
1/2 cup of sugar
3 tsp cinnamon1 stick of butter or margerine
couple handfuls of raisins, add as many as you like
2 cups or so of milk or buttermilk
Blend dry ingredients. Cut in butter with two knives or a pastry blender. Add milk or buttermilk, enough to form a soft dough, make sure your dough is not too dry(this makes dry biscuits) you can always add a little flour when kneading to get the right consistency. Dump dough onto generously floured surface and knead just enough to form a nice ball of dough. Flatten dough with your hands (the more gentle you are with the dough the fluffier your biscuits will be:) Cut biscuits, place on pan, brush with melted butter, bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
While they are baking mix a simple icing...
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
2 tblsp. or so milk
couple drops of vanilla
Mix this with a fork and spread on biscuits after cooling them for 5-10 minutes.
Some of us enjoyed our biscuits with orange juice and hot chocolate. For me, I enjoyed a cup of Millstone Holiday Peppermint coffee with half-and-half. Yum! Get more great kitchen tips at http://tammysrecipes.com/taxonomy/term/53