Pimento Cheese Biscuits

Ingredients

• 4 Cups Self Rising Flour + More For Rolling And Kneading
• ½ Cup Shortening
• 1 Cup Pimento Cheese
• 1 ½ Cups Buttermilk
• 2 ¼ “  Biscuit Cutter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Whisk 4 cups flour in a large bowl, making a well in center.
3. Add shortening and pimento cheese into well. Begin adding buttermilk to well, working into shortening cheese mixture with your hand. When you have a loose paste, begin incorporating flour in from the edges.
4. When all flour has been incorporated, turn out onto floured board and knead lightly 5 or 6 times incorporating more flour if it too sticky.
5. Pat dough out to 1 inch thickness.
6. Dip biscuit cutter in flour and cut biscuits. Place on baking sheet and bake 12 – 15 minutes until golden.

Makes 20-24 biscuits