Recipe(tried): Ukrainian Crackling Korzhyky biscuits

Flour and fat are staples of even the poorest families. Evidence of this is the popular Ukrainian saying--"Poverty has taught us to be thankful even for crackling korzhyky." Serve these biscuits at a light luncheon or with coffee.

2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped cracklings or crisp chopped bacon
3 tablespoons melted crackling or bacon fat
2 eggs
1/3 cup cream
Caraway seed

Sift the flour with the dry ingredients twice. Mix in the cracklings or bacon and the melted fat. Beat the eggs and reserve 2 tablespoons for glazing. To the remaining portion of the eggs, add the cream and stir into the flour mixture with a few swift strokes.

Handle the dough as little as possible. Place on a slightly floured board and pat to about 3/4 inch in thickness. Cut into diamonds with a knife, or into rounds with a cooky cutter.

Place on a greased baking sheet, brush with the reserved egg, and sprinkle lightly with the caraway seed. Bake in a very hot oven (450 degrees F) for 10 to 12 minutes.