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Baking Powder Biscuits

A historical recipe from Cook book of tested receipes, by Ida Lee Cary (1920).

A historical recipe

Cook book of tested receipes, by Ida Lee Cary (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #68983.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Cook book of tested receipes, by Ida Lee Cary (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #68983 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68983). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Take 1 pint of flour, sifted, add ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt, 2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder, 1 large tablespoon lard and butter, mix this all together before adding your milk, then gradually add enough milk to make a stiff dough.
  2. Then roll out and cut in biscuits with a cutter, prick with a fork and place in a hot oven to bake 10 minutes.