Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
1 ½ tsp kosher salt
1 Tbsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
6 Tbsp of chilled lard
1 cup of cold buttermilk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450°F, grease baking sheet with butter. Measure out all ingredients and prepare a work surface.
- In a mixing bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Add in the lard and cut into the flour with a fork. Add in the buttermilk and stir with a wooden spoon just until combined. Flour your work surface, add the dough and with floured hands combine the dough into one mass. It will be a very wet dough. Use your hands and pat the dough out into a rectangular shape. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Return the dough to a floured work surface. Using a floured rolling pin roll out the rectangle to 1 inch thickness making sure to keep the shape. Fold in half, flip over and pat down the dough again. Roll out and repeat this process 2 more times.
- Using a 3-inch cookie cutter, cut the biscuits and place on the greased baking sheet making sure to have them touching. Place directly in oven, or freeze for 10-12 minutes.
- Brush buttermilk over the top before placing in the oven. Bake for 13-15 minutes until the biscuits have risen and have a golden-brown crust.
- Remove from oven and rest for 5-10 minutes. Serve with butter or sausage gravy.