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Baking Powder Biscuit

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 159. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

AKHsTG POWDER BISCUIT. Two PINTS of flour, butter the size of an egg, three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt ; make a soft dough of sweet milk or water

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