My great-aunt's handwritten note on her biscuit recipe finally made me stop using cold butter

I was making them for a Sunday dinner and my husband said they tasted 'fine, but a bit tough,' which was the polite tip-off I needed to actually read her scribbled 'room temp lard makes the difference' note I'd ignored for a decade.

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amymason11d ago

Actually it's the butter that needs to be room temp, not the lard. Cold fat makes biscuits tough. Your aunt was right.

laura_white9911d agoTop Commenter

Always thought it didn't matter, but wow, she was right.