My grandma's biscuit recipe used to be dry until I swapped her lard for butter, now they're perfect. Is changing a family recipe ever okay?

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Wait, she was using lard? That's wild to me. Butter just makes everything taste better, so you definitely did the right thing. Recipes are meant to be improved.

spencer40718d ago

Lard and shortening are totally different things though lol, lard is actually closer to butter since it's animal fat.

davis.dylan3mo ago

Yeah, the whole "butter makes everything better" thing is so true. It reminds me of my grandma's pie crust recipe. She swore by shortening for flakiness, but I tried it with butter once and never went back. The flavor is just deeper, you know? Like, it actually tastes like something instead of just being crispy. Some old school methods are worth updating.