Black

2 heaping tablespoons baking powder

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

4 teaspoons fresh coarsely−ground black pepper

2 heaping tablespoons Crisco

1 to 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Oil a cookie sheet.

Sift together: flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt, and a little bit of sugar. Cut two heaping

tablespoons Crisco into the dry mix with two forks or the back of a spoon until tacky. Add buttermilk

and mix until doughy. Roll out gently on floured wax paper (or cloth). Cut out with glass or biscuit

cutter.