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      Title: Upside-Down Orange Biscuits W/variation
 Categories: Breads, Rolls, Fruits
      Yield: 12 Biscuits
 
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      2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 tb Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      3 tb Shortening
    3/4 c  Milk
      2 tb Butter or margarine; soft
    1/4 c  Sugar
      1 ts Ground cinnamon

           TOPPING

    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Orange juice
      3 tb Butter or margarine; melt
      2 ts Orange peel; grate

           TOPPING FOR VARIATION

      1 c  Confectioners' sugar
      1 tb Butter or margarine; melt
      5    To 6 ts milk
    1/8 ts Vanilla extract
 
  Combine flour, baking powder or salt; cut in
  shortening until mixture resembes coarse crumbs. Stir
  in milk just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly
  floured surface; knead gently 10 to 12 times. Roll
  into a 15x12" rectangle. Spread with butter. Combine
  the sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over butter. Roll up
  jelly-roll style, starting from the short end. Cut
  into 12 equal slices. Place, cut side down, in a
  greased 9" round baking pan. Combine topping
  ingredients; pour over biscuits. Bake at 450° for 20
  to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan 5
  minutes; invert onto a platter and serve warm.
  
  VARIATION-Use 4 tb butter instead of 3 tb shortening
  in biscuit dough. Knead 8 to 10 times. Roll into an
  11x8" rectangle. Brush with 1 tb melted butter.
  Combine 1/4 c sugar and 1 ts ground cinnamon and
  spread on butter. Prepare as above baking in an 8"
  square pan, brushed with 1 tb melted butter. Bake for
  18 to 20 minutes. Combine sugar, butter, milk and
  vanilla extract; spread over warm biscuits. Serve
  immediately.
  
  Source: Taste of Home.
 
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