easy Homemade BISCUITS

Items needed:
Mixing bowl
Measuring cups
Skillet or baking sheet
Pastry cutter or fork
Spoon

INGREDIENTS:
2      cups                Self-Rising Flour
                                  *plus about 1/3 cup extra flour to sprinkle your hands to prevent sticking
1/3  cup                   Lard (or shortening)
1     stick (1/2 cup)     Butter or margarine
1/3  cup                   Sour Cream
1     cup                   water

substitute: 
Instead of sour cream and water, can use 
1 cup buttermilk  -or-  1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar mixture

DIRECTIONS:  
1. Preheat oven 500 degrees  
2. In a mixing bowl, place 2 cups Self Rising Flour, 
3. Add: Lard (shortening) and 2 tablespoons butter to flour
4. Use pastry cutter (or fork) to cut lard and butter into flour (tiny pea size pieces) 
5. Add: Sour Cream and 1 cup water, Mix well.
6. Sprinkle your hands and top of wet mixture with flour.

 7. Pinch small amount of dough into your hand, gently roll into ball. 
     Place is skillet (or baking sheet).  Repeat step 7 until all dough is used.

     Sprinkle your hands often with extra flour to prevent dough from sticking to hands. 

      
 8. Top each biscuit with a pinch of butter.

  9.  Place skillet (or baking sheet) in oven on middle rack.

10. Cook for 9 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

      Turn broiler on high to brown the top more if desired. Watch closely - don't burn!

Next...ENJOY!