Baking Powder Biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 tablespoons lard
1 cupful milk
1/2 tenspoonful salt
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder

Directions

Sift the salt, baking powder, and flour together, rub in the lard, add the milk, and beat to a soft dough. Turn out on a floured baking board, roll out about an inch thick, and cut Into biscuits. Lay in a baking pan, brush the tops with milk, and bake in a quick oven.