Tall and Fluffy Cheddar-Chive Biscuits

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2008

Tall, fluffy, and tangy, drop biscuits are the holy grail of biscuit making, but they require just the right mix of ingredients and technique.

SERVES Makes 12 biscuits

TIME 1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create a rustic biscuit recipe that would produce extra-fluffy, moist, tender rolls with crisp, golden-brown tops, we tried lard, vegetable shortening, and butter, both separately and in combination. The biscuits made with lard or shorte...

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