Folks are scared of biscuits for some reason. They are really simple. You can have them ready to go into the oven in just a few minutes. I got this recipe from my baking textbook, Professional Baking, 5th Ed. by Wayne Gisslen. You can pick up a used copy on Amazon.com for $15-40. It's a great book. I'll post the original and then my adaptation.
Ingredients
Bread flour 1#, 4 oz.
Pastry flour 1#, 4 oz.
Salt ¾ oz.
Sugar 2 oz.
Baking Powder 2.5 oz.
Shortening and/or butter 14 oz.
Milk 14 oz.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F. Sift together the first 5 ingredients into a large glass or metal bowl. If you don't have an actual sifter, use a colander. It'll work.
Cut the fat into small cubes and toss in the flour. Using a bowl scraper or a plastic spatula, chop up the fat until is in particles smaller than a pea.
Slowly add the milk and stir until it forms a sticky mass.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll out into a long rectangle. Fold in half. Turn 90 degrees and roll out again. Repeat this 4 to six times. Roll out to about half an inch thick and cut out biscuits with a round cutter or just cut into squares. Put the biscuits on a dry baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes. If you want a pretty brown top, you can brush with egg wash (1 egg beaten with an equal amount of water or milk)
Recipe by Unca Mo's Punk Rock Kitchen at http://punkrockkitchen.net/biscuits-from-gisslen/