Add milk to well-beaten eggs. Add this mixture to flour and
salt. Beat well. Put in hot, well-greased popover or muffin tins
and bake forty minutes. Have oven hot for first ten minutes,
then decrease heat to finish baking. Start 500° F., decrease to
375" F.
Whole- Wheat Biscuits
I cup flour I teaspoon salt
1 cup whole wheat flour 3 tablespoons shortening
4 teaspoons baking po^rder i cup milk
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Add milk to make
soft dough. Roll on slightly floured board to one-inch thickness.
Cut with biscuit cutter. Bake fifteen minutes in hot oven
(400° F.).
Sour-Milk Baking-Powder Biscuits
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda 3 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons shortening ^ cup sovu: milk
Sift floiu: once before measuring. Mix d^y ingredients. Cut
in shortening. Add the milk gradually to form soft dough.
Roll out and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake fifteen minutes in
hot oven (400° F.).
Sour-Cream Biscuits
2 cups flovu: 3^ teaspoon soda
4 teaspoons baking powder i teaspoon salt
^ cup sour cream 2 tablespoons shortening
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening and stir into the
dough the sour cream. Turn dough onto moulding board. Pat
the dough to one-half inch thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter.
Bake in hot oven until light brown (400° F.).
I02 THE INTERNATIONAL COOK BOOK
Orange Tea Biscuit
2 cups flour ^ cup milk
yi teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar Grated rind of orange
3 tablespoons shortening
MLx the dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening, add the
grated orange rind. Add liquid to dry ingredients. Mix
thoroughly. Turn dough onto floured moulding board. Pat to
one-half inch thickness. Cut with small cutter, put into greased
baking pan. Before putting into the oven take one-half pieces
loaf sugar and dip into orange juice and press dow^n into the top
of each biscuit. Bake in quick oven (425° F.) and serve at
once.
Best Baking-Powder Biscuits
2 cups flour 3/i cup liquid
4 teaspoons baking powder i teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening
Mlx the dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Add the liquid.
Turn onto a floured moulding board. Pat to one-half inch
thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter. Place on a greased baking
sheet. Bake in a hot oven (400° F.) fifteen to twenty minutes.
Pigs in Clover
2 cups flour 4 tablespoons shortening
I teaspoon salt K cup milk
4 teasp)oons baking powder
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together. Cut in the
shortening. Add milk to make a soft dough. Turn on floured
moulding board. Roll out to one-fourth inch thickness. Cut
in squares. Wrap each square around frankfurter or pork
sausage which has been previously cooked. Place in rows on
baking sheet and bake in hot oven (400° F.) fifteen to twenty
minutes. Serve with mustard.
RECIPES 103
Ham Roll
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons shortening
^ cup milk
Mix the dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening. Add liquid.
Mix well. Turn dough onto floured moulding board. Pat
into oblong shape one-haK inch thick. Spread with shortening
and then with dexiled ham. Roll like jelly roll. Seal well.
Cut into one-inch slices and put on greased baking sheet cut
side up. Brush top with melted shortening. Bake in hot oven
(400° F.) fifteen minutes or until nicely browned.
Butterscotch Biscuits
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt
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Add milk to well-beaten eggs. Add this mixture to flour and
salt. Beat well. Put in hot, well-greased popover or muffin tins
and bake forty minutes. Have oven hot for first ten minutes,
then decrease heat to finish baking. Start 500° F., decrease to
375" F.
Whole- Wheat Biscuits
I cup flour I teaspoon salt
1 cup whole wheat flour 3 tablespoons shortening
4 teaspoons baking po^rder i cup milk
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Add milk to make
soft dough. Roll on slightly floured board to one-inch thickness.
Cut with biscuit cutter. Bake fifteen minutes in hot oven
(400° F.).
Sour-Milk Baking-Powder Biscuits
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda 3 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons shortening ^ cup sovu: milk
Sift floiu: once before measuring. Mix d^y ingredients. Cut
in shortening. Add the milk gradually to form soft dough.
Roll out and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake fifteen minutes in
hot oven (400° F.).
Sour-Cream Biscuits
2 cups flovu: 3^ teaspoon soda
4 teaspoons baking powder i teaspoon salt
^ cup sour cream 2 tablespoons shortening
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening and stir into the
dough the sour cream. Turn dough onto moulding board. Pat
the dough to one-half inch thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter.
Bake in hot oven until light brown (400° F.).
I02 THE INTERNATIONAL COOK BOOK
Orange Tea Biscuit
2 cups flour ^ cup milk
yi teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar Grated rind of orange
3 tablespoons shortening
MLx the dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening, add the
grated orange rind. Add liquid to dry ingredients. Mix
thoroughly. Turn dough onto floured moulding board. Pat to
one-half inch thickness. Cut with small cutter, put into greased
baking pan. Before putting into the oven take one-half pieces
loaf sugar and dip into orange juice and press dow^n into the top
of each biscuit. Bake in quick oven (425° F.) and serve at
once.
Best Baking-Powder Biscuits
2 cups flour 3/i cup liquid
4 teaspoons baking powder i teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening
Mlx the dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Add the liquid.
Turn onto a floured moulding board. Pat to one-half inch
thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter. Place on a greased baking
sheet. Bake in a hot oven (400° F.) fifteen to twenty minutes.
Pigs in Clover
2 cups flour 4 tablespoons shortening
I teaspoon salt K cup milk
4 teasp)oons baking powder
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together. Cut in the
shortening. Add milk to make a soft dough. Turn on floured
moulding board. Roll out to one-fourth inch thickness. Cut
in squares. Wrap each square around frankfurter or pork
sausage which has been previously cooked. Place in rows on
baking sheet and bake in hot oven (400° F.) fifteen to twenty
minutes. Serve with mustard.
RECIPES 103
Ham Roll
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons shortening
^ cup milk
Mix the dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening. Add liquid.
Mix well. Turn dough onto floured moulding board. Pat
into oblong shape one-haK inch thick. Spread with shortening
and then with dexiled ham. Roll like jelly roll. Seal well.
Cut into one-inch slices and put on greased baking sheet cut
side up. Brush top with melted shortening. Bake in hot oven
(400° F.) fifteen minutes or until nicely browned.
Butterscotch Biscuits
2 cups flour I teaspoon salt