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 * MATERIALS

1 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking-powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ tablespoon butter

½ tablespoon lard or similar fat

6 or 7 tablespoons milk


 * UTENSILS

Mixing-bowl

Sifter

Palette-knife

Bread-board

Rolling-pin

Biscuit-cutter

Baking-pan

Sift the flour, baking-powder, and salt together into a mixing-bowl. Add the butter and lard, and with the finger-tips rub and work this shortening into the dry materials until no lumps remain. Add the milk, a little at a time, and with a palette-knife mix until all the dry materials are moistened. 