Baking Powder Biscuit I

• 2 cups flour.
• 4 teaspoons baking powder.
• 1 teaspoon

Mix dry ingredients, and sift twice.

Work in butter and lard with tips of fingers; add gradually the liquid, mixing with knife to a soft dough. It is impossible to determine the exact amount of liquid, owing to differences in flour. Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll lightly to one-half inch