I'm going with the Never-Fail as a clear winner. Bakewell's recipe always gives me heartburn and are far too much work for the saltiness and bite to them. Although you do get the split in the middle and texture with the never-fail recipe if you pat and roll them, then cut them instead of dropping them. I pat a giant square, use my sharpest ceramic long knife, trim off the rounded side edges, and cut into square biscuits. The trimmings allow the sides to rise high, and they get cooked along side the biscuits as snacks to keep hungry waiting teenagers out of the main show ring until supper. We call them biscuit snakes. I also like the more mild flavor of the never-fail. It is easier to add flavorings to: cheddar and garlic and brushed with butter at the end of baking, pizza seasoning and pepperoni and cheese bits, maple flavoring bits, cinnabits, blueberries, nuts.....get the idea?!

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