Bill Neal's Buttermilk Biscuits

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 500.
2. 2
   In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, sugar, baking soda and salt.
3. 3
   Work the lard in until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. 4
   Add the buttermilk and stir until the dough forms a ball.
5. 5
   Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over onto itself 10 times.
6. 6
   Pat the dough out to an 8-inch square.
7. 7
   Using a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, stamp out 12 biscuits; reroll the scraps and stamp out more biscuits.
8. 8
   Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake in the center of the oven for 8 minutes, or until golden.
9. 9
   Serve hot.