The flawless biscuit that took years to master.

[Marthe48]

6. I use a recipe I found in an old undated cookbook

Put together by a community. Most of the recipes say things like 'bake in a quick oven' or 'slow oven' (defined as how fast a piece of paper would burst into flame when placed inside!)

I saw a recipe years later for southern style biscuits. I didn't use the recipe, stuck to the one I had, but added the baking technique in the southern recipe. Put your dough together, heat the oven, and melt a 1/2" of butter in the bottom of a pan with sides. I have never added a 1/2" of butter. I melt a couple of tbs, drop the dough in, bake as usual. The biscuits come out just right, for me

There is another recipe in the same book for fluff dumplings. Perfect for chicken and dumplings Our great-grandmothers knew how to bake!