Baking-Powder Biscuit

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 4 teaspoons baking-powder
• ^ cup liquid (all milk or half milk and half water)
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix dry ingredients and sift twice.

2. 2

   Work in fat with tips of the fingers, or cut in with two knives.

3. 3

   Add the liquid gradually, mixing with a knife to a soft dough.

4. 4

   Toss on a floured board, pat and roll lightly to one-half inch in thickness.

5. 5

   Shape with a biscuit-cutter.

6. 6

   Bake in hot oven (450°-460° F.) twelve to fifteen minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon salt i egg 2 tablespoons shortening 3^ cup chopped dates 1^4 cups milk Mix the corn-meal, sugar, salt and melted shortening. Scald the milk, pour it over the mixture, and let it stand until the meal swells. When cool, add the flour sifted with the baking-powder, 22 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES the well-beaten egg and the dates. Beat thoroughly, and bake in greased muffin-tins in a hot oven (400° -42 5^ F.). RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS I cup bran I tablespoon melted fat }i cup flour y2 cup seeded raisins 4 teaspoons baking-powder y cup milk y2 teaspoon salt I ^gg i>^ tablespoons molasses Mix and sift the dry fine ingredients, stir in the bran, add the molasses, the melted fat, raisins and the milk gradually. Then add the well-beaten egg and bake in muffin-tins in a hot oven (400°-425° F.). BOSTON BROWN BREAD I cup corn-meal i teaspoon salt I cup rye flour ^ cup molasses 1 cup graham flour 2 cups sour milk or i^ cup }i tablespoon soda sweet milk Mix and sift the ingredients. ^Mix the molasses and milk and add to the dry ingredients. Beat thoroughly and turn into well- greased molds, filling each mold about two-thirds full. Cover and steam three hours. Remove the covers and bake the bread long enough to dry it off. BAKING-POWDER BISCUIT 2 cups flour 2 tablespoons shortening 4 teaspoons baking-powder

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.