Sweet-Milk Biscuits

• 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 3/4 cup cold lard or vegetable shortening, cut into pieces
• 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 3/4 cups whole milk

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

flour, sugar, baking powder, coarse salt, cold lard, cold unsalted butter, milk

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sweet-milk-biscuits-393335 (may not work)