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Makes 18
4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
Sift flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and nutmeg together. Gently cut shortening into flour mixture. Whisk together the milk and eggs. Make a well in the flour mixture and gently combine the ingredients just until it holds together. Turn out onto a floured surface. Knead gently and roll out to 1-inch thickness. Cut biscuits with 2-inch cutter. Place on cookie sheets and brush tops lightly with egg.
Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 minutes.
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