This wasn't bad. Not the best biscuit recipe I've ever tried but I got a craving and didn't have any milk in the house. As a basic emergency recipe this worked out well.

Since the recipe is old-fashioned vague, I used a 400°F oven and a lump of coconut oil (solid at room temp) but softened butter would work too. The biscuits rose A LOT so roll the dough out to 1/2 inch before cutting the biscuits. It took about 15 minutes.