I just make a simple buttermilk biscuit: 1 cup KA Self Rising Flour, 2 T. Lard or Crisco 1/8 t. Baking soda and 1/2 cup buttermilk. I mix it with a fork. Sometimes if the buttermilk is very thick, I have to add a splash. Pat the dough to a little over 1/2 inch thick. To me, the trick is in the baking. Before I begin making the dough, I put a cast iron skillet in the oven and preheat to 500 degrees F. Allow the skillet to stay in that 500-degree oven and then make your biscuit dough. Once the biscuits are cut, remove the skillet from the oven, melt shortening or lard in the skillet. Lay the biscuits into the skillet and return skillet to the oven for 9 minutes, until lightly tanned. They begin cooking the minute you lay them in the skillet and my husband and I love this method, as they always turn out high and light. There are only two of us so this makes just the right amount for us.

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