Lard And Bacon Fat Biscuits

• 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 large egg (room temperature)
• 10 ounces pork lard (chilled)
• 2 ounces rendered bacon fat (chilled)
• 3 tablespoons salted butter
• flour, for rolling out dough

1. Preheat oven to 425-degrees F. Sift dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar) into a large mixing bowl. With a whisk, mix together ingredients thoroughly.
2. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the egg together with the buttermilk. Set aside.
3. Slice chilled lard over the sifted dry ingredients. Using your hands, combine lard with dry ingredients until lentil-sized lumps are formed throughout the dough and no large lumps of fat remain.
4. Using a spatula, fold egg and buttermilk into the fat and dry ingredients mixture until just combined.
5. Spread a thin dusting of flour over a flat surface to roll out the biscuits. Using a rolling pin, smooth dough into 3/4-inch-thick rectangle. Fold dough in half, and turn 90-degrees to roll dough into 3/4-inch thickness. Repeat 4 times, or until dough becomes firmer and more elastic. With dough rolled to a 3/4-inch-thickness, use a 3-inch round to cut out indiviual biscuits. Place onto an ungreased baking sheet (Silpat preferable). Expect 12-15 biscuits.
6. Melt butter in microwave or over medium-high heat on stovetop. Using a pastry brush, coat the tops of the biscuits with butter.
7. Bake biscuits for 13-15 minutes, or until biscuits are a deep golden brown on top.
8. Serve immediately with favorite fixins - from more butter to strawberry preserves to fried chicken breast topper.

flour, baking powder, salt, buttermilk, egg, pork lard, bacon, butter, flour

Taken from food52.com/recipes/37320-lard-and-bacon-fat-biscuits (may not work)