Green Onion Cream Cheese Biscuits

Also made these for Thanksgiving one year. Yummy!

2 cups AP flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 package cream cheese
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup finely chopped green onions
2/3 cup milk

Preheat oven to 450.

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Cut in cream cheese & shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in green onions.

Make a well in the center of flour mixture. Add milk; Stir until mixture forms soft dough that clings together and forms a ball.

Turn out dough onto well-floured surface. Knead dough gently 10-12 times.

Roll or pat dough to a 1/2 inch thickness. Cut dough with a floured 3-inch biscuit cutter.

Place biscuit 2 inches apart on ungreased large baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until tops and bottoms are golden brown. Serve warm.