Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- plus more for dusting
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon coarse salt
- 3/4 cup cold lard or vegetable shortening
- cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter
- cut into pieces
- plus 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 3/4 cups whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Work lard and butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter or your fingers until largest pieces are the size of small peas.
- Add milk, and stir with a fork until a dough forms.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and pat out to 1 inch thick.
- Cut out rounds with a floured 2 1/4-inch biscuit cutter.
- Space 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Gather together scraps, and repeat.
- Brush tops with melted butter.
- Bake until light-golden brown on top and cooked through, about 25 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool 5 minutes before serving.
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