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Little Cream Biscuit

A historical recipe from Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913).

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A historical recipe

Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Project Gutenberg eBook #31534.

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

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. 2 cups pastry flour
  2. 4 teaspoons baking powder
  3. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  4. 1 tablespoon Cottolene
  5. 3/4 cup of rich cream

Method

  1. 2 cups pastry flour.
  2. 4 teaspoons baking powder.
  3. 1/4 teaspoon salt.
  4. 1 tablespoon Cottolene.
  5. 3/4 cup of rich cream.
  6. PROCESS: Mix and sift flour, salt and baking powder.
  7. Rub in Cottolene with tips of fingers.
  8. Cut the cream into mixture with a silver knife.
  9. When well mixed, toss on a well-floured board, pat and roll one-half inch thick.
  10. Shape with very small biscuit cutter (size of silver dollar), brush the top over with milk and bake twelve to fifteen minutes in a hot oven.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #31534 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31534). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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.