Very good! I do think that they need a bit more salt but that's my personal preference. These were very easy to make and they rose beautifully. This is more of a dense biscuit than a light and fluffy biscuit which worked well with our dinner tonight. I wish I would've had the lard but I didn't so I used butter flavored shortening. I would make these again! Thanks for sharing.:)
These are absolutely delightful
I used butter as the lard because that was what I had. I had to add a little more flour so I could divide into biscuits because it was very sticky but they turned out perfect and tasted great!
I make these often. They always disappear quickly. Like some others I increased the salt a bit and used a combination of milk and yogurt instead of butter milk.
Very delicious and easy. I was looking for a good biscuit recipe with lard and found this one! I have made it three different times the first with the standard recipe second substituting 1/4 cup flower with whole wheat and the third substituting 1 cup flower with whole wheat (a much stronger whole wheat taste but still good). They are more dense (perhaps because of the lard) but i love them and so does everyone else. When ever i make them the roommates hang around waiting for them to finish and grab the first biscuit. I made them with gravy (excellent) and without eating them with butter and jam (excellent). The recipe only makes about 7-9 depending on the size i wouldn't call them "big-as-cat-head" they serve 2-3 people (maybe 4 if you are all light eaters/depending on what else you are eating) so for a group i would double the recipe.
I didn't make them quite as big as a cathead and I made them on a cookie sheet. I used soymilk with a little lemon juice because I didn't have buttermilk (and I limit my dairy intake). They are really good. A bit crumbly when slicing probably because I made them as drop biscuits on a cookie sheet. I mixed several flours because I was using up leftover bits- some all purpose white some gluten free and 1/2 cup cozonac (which is a little sweet). Terrific. my new go to biscuit.
My goodness. Never heard of these before yesterday. Watching a TV show last night and they were mentioned. I quickly looked it up and made them this morning ( it's Thanksgiving Day) with sausage gravy. My other half's fave. They were great! Used butter. I don't even know where you can get lard. Halved the recipe. Made 4 gigantic biscuits! We loved them! Will make these again for sure! Captain said he loved the texture. Yum!
Almost a five! The flavor was very good and the ease of making them was great. I do prefer mine to be a little more crumbly and moist on the inside. The only variation I used was one I used to see my grandmother use. After the biscuits were ready in the pan she would make a small indention with a spoon on top of the biscuit and put a small amount of oil on to. This leaves the tops of the biscuits beautifully cooked though they may not brown as much on top as on the bottom.
These were so much better than another recipe I tried recently. I did have to add more flour than the recipe called for but they still turned out great.
These are NOT cathead biscuits! No butter or cake flour. too smooth and not craggy. Way too dense.
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