1 c. milk
2 1/2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 rounded tbsp. butter
1 pkg. yeast
2 c. unsifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder

Heat milk, sugar, salt and butter in saucepan and stir over low heat until butter is melted. Pour this mixture into bowl and let sit until lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast in the milk and let dissolve. (If milk is not lukewarm, it will kill the yeast.) Add flour and baking powder. Beat until smooth, about 20 times. Let dough rest for a few minutes. Turn onto floured surface.

Knead about 20 times. Roll into 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a small glass or biscuit cutter. Stack biscuits, 2 high on buttered cookie sheet. (In other words, one on top of the other.) Baste top of biscuits with melted butter. Let biscuits rise for about an hour. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes or until browned. Makes 8 very large biscuits. (They have a homemade bread texture.)