CHRISTMAS THINGS, SOUTHERN STYLE...

Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.
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Ingredients for Basic Buttermilk Biscuits:
From cookingnook.com

2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
4 or 5 tablespoons cold butter and lard or cold butter and vegetable shortening, mixed
1 egg beaten (optional)
2/3 cup (or a bit less) milk or buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450ºF.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Cut in the cold butter and lard or cold butter and vegetable shortening with a wire pastry cutter.
Add the egg and milk or buttermilk to the mixture, but just enough to create a dough that is light and soft but stiff enough to handle.
Put the dough on a floured board and mould it gently into a ball. Try to handle it as little as possible. Roll the dough out very gently to 1/2 in thickness and cut with a 1 1/2" or 2" cutter.
Place the cut biscuits on a greased and floured baking pan. If you have the time, it's best to chill the biscuits on the pan for 10 minutes. Bake in a preheated oven at 450ºF for 12 to 15 minutes.
Serves 4-6