Biscuit

Ingredients

• One quart flour
• One heaping tablespoonful of lard
• One teaspoonful of salt
• Three teaspoonful of Dixie baking powder
• Sweet milk

Directions

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together three times (leave a little flour in sifter for the board later).
2. Put sifted flour mix into a bowl and then put your spoonful of lard in the center along with enough sweet milk to make the dough soft.
3. Using a large spoon, mix in the ingredients but try to do so while stirring as little as possible.
4. Take the softened dough and roll it thinly.
5. Then cut the rolled dough with a biscuit cutter.
6. Bake immediately in a very hot oven to preference.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Aidan Hartnett
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2021