1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoon Crisco or butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon Crisco for frying pan

Mix the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Blend in the 2 tablespoons Crisco until the mixture is coarse and grainy, using a pastry blender. Then, using a fork, stir in the buttermilk. Do not overmix. Put on a floured board and knead just a few times. Pat out the dough to about 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a floured biscuit cutter or a glass. Do not handle the dough too much or it will get tough.

Place 1 tablespoon of Crisco in a heavy black iron frying pan and put the pan in the oven at 500°F for about 7 minutes. Remove the pan and place the biscuits in it, turning each once in the oil.

Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.