HOMINY GRILL BISCUITS

Hominy Grill Biscuits

4 cups flour plus more for kneading (use a Southern biscuit flour, like white lily)

2 tablespoons baking powder

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

4 tablespoons shortening

2 tablespoons lard

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

In large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut butter, shortening and lard into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter or fork until mixture resembles crumbly peas.

Add buttermilk and gently mix until ingredients are just moistened. Turn mixture out onto a floured surface and knead lightly until it forms a cohesive ball, about 10 strokes. Using a floured rolling pin, or lightly floured hands, roll or pat the dough to a thickness of about 1 inch.

Using a lightly floured 2-inch biscuit cutter, stamp the biscuits from the dough and place on baking sheet, just barely touching each other. Bake in pre-heated 400 F oven until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Makes about a dozen buttermilk biscuits.