Mile High

A mile high biscuit, with fried chicken, cheddar and sausage gravy - that was my son's breakfast at Hominy Grill this morning.  Here's the mile-high biscuit recipe:

4 c cake flour
2 T baking powder
2 t sugar
1 t salt
2 oz cold butter
2 oz cold veg shortening
1 oz cold refined lard
1 1/2 cups cold milk

preheat oven to 425 - sift dry ingredient together in large bowl - cut in cold butter, veg shortening and lard with fingertips - stir in cold milk quickly with about 10 strokes - place dough on floured surface and sprinkle lightly with flour - knead 10 strokes - push dough out and back on itself on every 4 strokes - pat into thickness of 3/4 inch - cut with small cutters (dipped in flour) and place biscuits close together on baking sheet (ungreased) -bake 10-12 minutes til lightly browned.

makes 16.