Biscuits(Sweet Milk) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. flour
2 tsp. soda
4 tsp. cream of tartar
1 heaping Tbsp. lard or Crisco
about 2 c. sweet milk (to knead)

Preparation

Sift flour, soda and cream of tartar together; work in shortening and add milk.
Stir together to make soft ball.
Put flour on bread board and form dough into flat ball.
Roll out with rolling pin about 1-inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter. Grease baking sheet and put biscuits on close to each other. Makes 2 dozen.
Bake in hot oven (450\u00b0) for about 15 minutes.
Put lard pieces on top before baking in indention on biscuit.