Grandma Williams' Biscuits

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup lard
• plus 2 teaspoons for greasing
• 5 1/2 cups biscuit mix with butter flakes
• such as Atkinsons", "1 1/4 cups buttermilk", "2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Grease three 9-inch pie tins with 2 teaspoons lard.
2. Put the biscuit mix in a bowl and make a well in the middle of the flour.
3. Put the lard in the well and add the buttermilk.
4. Gently mix the buttermilk and lard into the flour with your hands until a soft dough forms.
5. If the dough is dry, add a little more buttermilk; if it's too wet, add a little more flour.
6. Coat your hands well with flour and gently form the dough into balls a little larger than a golf ball.
7. Place the dough balls in the pie tins, 7 per tin.
8. Gently press each ball down to flatten.
9. Bake until lightly browned on top and the biscuits release from the tins when you give them a shake, 30 to 35 minutes.
10. Remove from the oven and rub the tops of the biscuits with the butter or margarine.
11. Serve hot!