Recipes with lard

Cow chip biscuits: classic chuckwagon-style flat lard biscuits with flour, milk, baking powder, and salt. Six-ingredient pantry biscuits with crisp edges and tender centers.

Heart-shaped sugar cookies made the old-fashioned way with lard, sour milk, and a hint of nutmeg. Tender, slightly flaky cut-outs ready for royal icing or sprinkles. A Valentine's Day classic.

Chocolate cocoa waffles fold beaten egg whites into a cocoa batter for crisp-edged, fluffy dessert waffles. Serve hot with whipped cream and berries for after-dinner indulgence.

Dutch-style icebox spice cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a brown sugar dough enriched with butter, lard and sour cream. Slice-and-bake rolls keep weeks in the fridge for instant warm cookies.

Grandma Cottington's pumpkin pie is a heritage Thanksgiving classic: flaky butter-and-lard double crust, custardy pumpkin filling with cream, molasses, cinnamon, and allspice. Yields 2 pies.

Old-fashioned fluffy pancakes made with lard for extra-tender, crispy-edged stacks. Seven ingredient batter that comes together in ten minutes for breakfast or brunch.

Cornmeal pancakes with melted lard, plenty of baking powder, and a tender, slightly grainy crumb. A 15-minute breakfast pancake with old-fashioned corn flavor and crispy edges.

These are hotcakes from the isle of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia.

Cornmeal pancakes with a sweet, nutty flavor and tender crumb. A one-bowl batter you stir, pour, and griddle until the tops bubble. Stack them with syrup, fresh fruit, or chocolate sauce for an old-fashioned Southern breakfast.

My mother's recipe from a page torn out of a cookbook years ago. Great for leftovers.

These tasty boiled greens with bacon can be used as a side dish or as a light lunch when on the go.

A quick and easy breakfast scrambled eggs with some Mexican flair!

A make-ahead Italian Spaghetti that can be ready in a flash. Just re-heat and serve.

A tasty Puerto Rican sauce using bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic and onions.

Buzzard's breath chili is a big-batch, no-beans Texas chili: a mountain of ground beef simmered with pure ground red chile, cumin and oregano, thickened with masa harina. A bold, meaty bowl of red for a crowd.

Nachos from scratch, or make these nachos quick and easy by using store bought refried beans and tortilla chips.