Craig Claiborne

Southern Biscuits

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    18 to 24

    biscuits.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups sifted flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt, if desired
  • ½ teaspoon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Sift them together into a mixing bowl.
  3. Add the lard and mix it with a pastry blender or the fingers, until it has the texture of coarse cornmeal.