Goat Mom’s Secret Pumpkin Biscuits

Several years ago, Goat Mom (aka Pygmy Goat) made some really excellent pumpkin biscuits. We asked for the recipe, but when we tried to make them they didn’t turn out anywhere near as good. We tried several times over the years to make the biscuits, but without success. Then, one time at home, I asked to watch her make them and discovered the secret — she didn’t follow the recipe at all! No wonder ours tasted completely different. Here is the real recipe that she kept secret for years.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour + extra for rolling
• 2 heaping tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 can of pumpkin puree (but what do you do with the other 1/4 can?)
• 4 tbsp shortening
• 1/3 cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Combine sugar, pumpkin and milk in one bowl
3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in another bowl
4. Cut shortening into flour mixture until the mixture is slightly crumbly
5. Slowly mix in pumpkin mixture, do not overstir
6. With a little extra flour on your hands, shape dough gently into a roughly 10-in log. The dough should not be so sticky that it globs all over you hands.
7. Place biscuits on parchment paper or lightly greased baking dish and bake about 18 minutes

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