My daughter was probably seven or eight when she started making biscuits. And it didn't take her long to realize that recipes with secret ingredients are something special, so she started experimenting, and was bringing good biscuits to the table but they were a little dark. Turned out she was putting a little cocoa into them! I made her stop that, but at the same time, had to chuckle at her resourcefulness. You couldn't taste the cocoa, and judging from Burke's post above, the powder probably acted like cream of tartar and made them rise better!

Maggie