Something To Go With Your Chicken

Amish Buttermilk Biscuits

3 c. Flour
1/4 c. Instant lowfat dry milk
1 Tbl. Baking Powder
2 Tbl. Sugar (Some use less)
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
1/2 c. Cold butter in pieces
1/2 c. Cold Lard
14 Tbl. Cold Buttermilk

Pulse the dry ingredients with the butter and lard until grainy, NOT blended! Add the cold buttermilk, and mix until the dough comes together.

Place dough on a floured cloth or marble slab, and knead a few times with floured hands. Keep the dough cold! Pat or roll out to 3/4 inch thick, and cut out biscuit rounds or shapes You can use a cookie cutter.

These biscuits can be frozen ahead, or use immediately.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 13 - 15 minutes if fresh, and 15 - 18 minutes if frozen.