Baking powder Biscuit I

2 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 Tablespoon lard

3/4 cup milk and water in equal parts

1 Tablespoon butter

Mix dry ingredients and sift twice.

Work in butter and lard with tips of fingers; add gradually the liquid, mixing with a knife to a soft dough. It is impossible to determine the exact amount of liquid owing to differences in flour.

Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll lightly to half inch of thickness. Shape with a biscuit cutter. (my mom is going to use shapes, but you can use your round biscuit cutter). Place on a buttered pan and bake in hot oven 12 to 15 minutes. If baked in too slow an oven, the gas will escape before it has done its work. ========================================================================

Baking powder biscuits  II

2 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 Tablespoons butter

3/4 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon of salt

Mix and bake as Baking Powder Biscuit 1

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Emergency biscuit

Use recipe for Baking powder Biscuit I or II with the addition of more milk, that mixture may be dropped from spoon without spreading. Drop by spoonfuls on a buttered pan, 1/2 inch apart. Brush over with milk and bake in hot oven 8 minutes.