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The international cook book

1929

Page 38

Presented as published in 1929. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
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