Aunt Cora's Sourdough Biscuits

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Sifted Unbleached Flour
2 tablespoons Sugar
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 cup Shortening -- Melted
1 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups Sourdough Starter
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda *

Instructions:

* More Baking Soda may be added if the starter if very sour. Place flour in bowl, add starter in a well, then add melted shortening and dry ingredients. Mix lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead until the consistency of bread dough, or of a satiny finish. Pat or roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness, cut and put on a greased pan. Coat all sides of biscuits with melted butter. Let rise over boiling water for 1/2 hour. Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes.