Sweet-Milk Biscuits

Sweet-Milk Biscuits

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
sugars, granulated
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
salt, table
shortening, vegetable, household, composite
butter, without salt
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Work lard and butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter or your fingers until largest pieces are the size of small peas.
Add milk, and stir with a fork until a dough forms.
Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and pat out to 1 inch thick.
Cut out rounds with a floured 2 1/4-inch biscuit cutter.
Space 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Gather together scraps, and repeat.
Brush tops with melted butter.
Bake until light-golden brown on top and cooked through, about 25 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool 5 minutes before serving.