[autumnraine]

Georgia Grandma recipe:

2 Cups SIFTED self rising flour
1cup buttermilk
1/2 cups lard

mixed and hand tossed into ball (with floured hand) dropped to buttered cookie sheet or cast iron skillet and knuckle pressed down.

[lulu16]

So delicious eaten raw off your fingers.

[lastchance]

Did she preheat the skillet?

[IdratherbeatPemberley]

Very close to my late mother's recipe. I would add that the key to great biscuits is in good quality flour and gently working the dough...not overworking it or rolling it out. My mom often patted the dough into a large oval, put it on a pan and then scored it to be able to break bread after baking. The scoring was done with a very sharp knife in the shape of a #.

Baking at a high heat — 450 in my oven— works best also.

Of course, everything tasted better when cooked in the wood cook stove at my Dad's home place.

[Nifster]

that flour had better be White Lily other wise they won’t be as flaky