1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
2. Thoroughly mix together dry ingredients.
3. Work butter or shortening into dry mixture with fingers or pastry cutter. I spend some time on this and make sure all the large pieces of butter are broken up. The mixture should have a consistency similar to moist potting soil when it's ready.
4. Stir in buttermilk and work dough minimally.
5. Melt 2 Tbsp butter in a 9x9 baking pan. I use glass.
6. Form or roll the dough into a 3/4 inch thick pad and cut out biscuits about 2 inches across. A cookie cutter works well, but you can cut squares with a knife, too. I usually use a drinking glass.
7. Place each biscuit in the melted butter and then turn over to coat the both sides with butter.
8.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
