Maryland Beaten Biscuits

• 4 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lard or vegetable shortening
• 1 3/4 cups water up to 2

1. Sift the flour and salt together in a bowl.
2. Cut the lard into the flour with the tips of fingers, working it real quick.
3. Then, little by little, Ipour in the cold water, until you get a good stiff dough.
4. Put it on a real solid table with flour.
5. Make a ball out of the dough..
6. Use the flat side of a mallet, and beat the dough until it blisters good.
7. Takes about half an hour.
8. Form the dough into balls, the size of little eggs, and flatten them a bit on the board.
9. Put a few pokes in the center with a fork, then bake in a hot 425 degree F oven for about 20 to 25 minutes.
10. Serve hot.

flour, salt, lard, water

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/maryland-beaten-biscuits-42946 (may not work)