Ingredients
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- 4 cups all-purpose flour (White Lily)
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 8 tablespoons lard (or unsalted butter)
- 2 cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Heat oven to 500°. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. With your hands, cut lard into the flour mixture by rubbing the lard and flour between your fingers until it resembles coarse meal.
- Pour in buttermilk, and gently mix until just combined. Put dough on floured surface, kneading it until no longer sticky.
- With your hands, gently pat the mixture into ½” high square. Cut biscuits out with large round cookie cutter. Place in the center of a cookie sheet butting the biscuits up to each other.
- Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to cool to the touch, and serve immediately.