Chicken Fricassee With Biscuits

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• ½ cup butter
• milk, as needed
• 2 whole chickens, cleaned and cut up
• water, to cover
• salt and pepper
• flour, for thickening
• butter, for thickening

Method

1. 1 Sift 4 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, and a pinch of salt together.
2. 2 Work ½ cup butter into the flour mixture, then add enough milk to form a soft dough.
3. 3 Roll out the dough, cut into biscuits, and bake until done.
4. 4 Cook the chickens in water to cover, seasoned with salt and pepper, until very tender.
5. 5 Thicken the cooking liquid by stirring in flour cooked in butter.
6. 6 Split the baked biscuits, arrange on a serving platter, and pour the chicken and sauce over them.