Old Fashioned Baking Powder Biscuits

Taken from Pillsbury Kitchens' Cookbook:

2 cups of all purpose or unbleached flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup soft butter/margarine
3/4 cup milk

Oven: 450F
Combine flour, baking powder and salt
add milk and butter and stir with fork until a soft dough forms
Turn dough onto flour surface
Knead gently 10-12 time until no longer sticky
Roll/press dough to half inch thickness, cut with 2-inch flour cutter
Place biscuits 1/2 inch apart for soft sides or 1 inch apart for crusty sides
Bake at 450F for 8-12 minutes or until golden brown
(recipe makes 12-15 biscuits)

For cheese biscuits, add 1/2 cup shredded cheese with flour