A laboratory manual of foods and cookery

General Rules. Sift flour before measuring. Sift again with the baking powder and salt. Cut in the fat with two knives. Butter, lard, crisco, drippings, or chicken fat may be used. Half butter and half lard is a good combination. Add the liquid quickly. Toss and roll lightly on a floured board to | inch in thickness. Cut, moisten tops with milk, and bake 12-15 minutes in a hot oven. Wheat Biscuits Graham or Entire Wheat Biscuits Ingredients : Ingredients : 2 c. flour i c. graham flour 4 tsp. baking powder i c. flour ^ tsp. salt 5 tsp. baking powder 2 tbsp. fat ^ tsp. salt | c. milk 2 tbsp. fat f-i c. milk 2 tbsp. sugar Cheese Biscuits Ingredients : 2 c. flour 4 tsp. baking powder \ tsp. salt i tbsp. fat f c. milk ^ c. grated cheese Emergency Biscuit Ingredients : i c. milk 2\ c. flour 4 tsp. baking powder 4 tbsp. shortening \ tsp. salt Mix as for baking powder biscuits but drop by spoonfuls on a greased pan. Corn Meal Biscuit Fruit Biscuit Same ingredients as Wheat Bis- Shape as Swedish Rolls. cuit, substituting corn meal for fore rolling spread with Be- \ the flour. After cutting, turn over as for Parker House Rolls. Ingredients: i c. bran i c. entire wheat flour \ c. molasses Bran Biscuit General appearance Size (5) Shape (5) Crust (10) Flavor Lightness .... Texture .... Coarse — fine Tough — tender Moist - - dry Color Grain \ tsp. salt \ Baking Powder Biscuits f c. raisins | tsp. cinnamon 2 tbsp. sugar i egg i c. milk \ tsp. baking soda _S Baking Powder Biscuit W _>^Si a a H — f- 5» tn H 1 * CO .J W o I°- & Oj en n c£ £ * 8g f- £ S| JJJ 1— gl 5 c °" P " w: c a v- c S rt ca £ rt rt iJ bi 5 u Ij s, |o (2^ O §0 pd HCJ u ^^JO ojJO CJ PnU CJ $ ^^^ ^^ Flour . 2 C. 222.4 24.9 2.2 166.5 .018 •055 •393 .0031 Salt . . . |tsp. Baking powder 3 tsp. .006 Butter . . . iMbsp. 19 .19 16.57 .015 .005 .006 Milk . . . I C. 202. 8 6.68 8.12 9-79 .021 .324 .427 .OC04 Total, cooked] 1 2 biscuits 31.78 26.89 176.31 .06 .384 .826 * .0035 loo-Calorie i bis- Portion . cuit 29.08 2.9 2.49 IOO .005 •034 .0741 .0003 GRIDDLECAKES AND WAFFLES (For General Method see below) Griddlecakes Sweet Milk Ingredients : 1 c. flour 2 tsp. baking powder | tsp. salt i tbsp. melted butter 1 egg f c. milk Sour Milk Ingredients : i\ c. flour \ tsp. salt 2 c. sour milk i \ tsp. soda i egg Waffles Sweet Milk Ingredients : if c. flour 3 tsp. baking powder ^ tsp. salt 1 tbsp. melted butter 2 eggs i c. milk Sour Milk Ingredients : ij c. flour ^ tsp. soda | tsp. salt 1 c. sour milk 2 eggs 2 tbsp. melted butter 1 If a phosphate baking powder be used, the phosphorus content of the product will of course be much higher than is here shown. Corn Meal Corn Meal Ingredients : Ingredients : i c. corn meal \ c. corn meal i c. flour \\ c. boiling water 4 tsp. baking powder i tsp. salt 1 tsp. salt \\ c. milk 4 tbsp. sugar 2 tbsp. sugar