This country fair award-winning recipe was perfected by my grandmother on the northern Canadian prairies. Sadie's advice - leave little chunks of lard the size of peas when cutting the flour in. Can be served at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 4 cups
- salt: 1 tsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- cream of tartar: 1 tsp
- baking powder: 4 tsp
- lard: 1 cup
- buttermilk: 2 cups
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
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Whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar, and baking powder. Cut lard into flour mixture using a pastry blender until crumbly; stir in buttermilk. Turn mixture onto a floured surface and knead just a few times to form a moist dough.
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Roll dough out 1-inch thick; cut biscuits with a cookie cutter or round glass. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
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Bake in the preheated oven until tops are golden, about 12 minutes.
