Baking Powder Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup shortening
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ¾ cup milk

Method

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   Sift flour with salt and baking powder.

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   Work in shortening with finger tips, pastry blender, or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.

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   Make a well in center of flour mixture and add milk.

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   Mix with a fork until all of flour disappears.

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    Turn out on floured board; knead lightly for 1 minute.

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    Pat or roll out dough ½ inch thick.

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    6.

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    Cut with floured biscuit cutter.

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    Place on baking sheet and bake in hot oven.

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    Temperature: 450° F.

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    Time: 12-15 minutes.

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    (Recipe makes 18 small biscuits.)

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Wilson cook book (1941) by Woman's Society of Christian Service (Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.), page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

% teaspoon salt Sift flour, salt, cream of tartar and soda. Rub in butter with tips of fingers, add sugar and well beaten eggs and milk; raisins may be added if liked. Bake in a hot oven 15 to 20 minutes, From OLD AND NEw BritTiIsH RECIPES. Breakfast Puffs 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup sweet milk 2 tablespoons butter 1% cup flour Put in patty pans and bake. From OxLp AND NEw BrITISH RECIPES. French Toast Dip slices of bread into well beaten eggs, to which salt and pepper have been added. Drop egg covered bread into frying pan of hot lard. Turn slices until both sides are golden brown. Sally Lunn 1 pt. milk (scant) 2 eggs Piece butter (or lard) size of 1 cake yeast egg Flour—about 1% qts. 2 level teaspoons soda (Roller Champion) 6) 3 teaspoons sugar Boil and cool milk. Combine ingredients beating in enough flour to make very stiff batter. Set to rise (11 o’clock). At 3:30 pour into greased pan. Let rise, bake in slow oven. If steeple cake pan is used, bake 45 to » 60 minutes; if muffin tins 30 minutes. Serve hot. Mrs. E. G. RAWLINGS. Nut Bread 2 eggs 3 level teaspoons baking 1 cup sugar powder 1 cup milk 1 cup nut meats (black wal- Pinch salt : nuts preferred ) 3 cups flour Beat eggs, add sugar and mix well. Then add flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt, alternately with milk. Then add nut meats and bake 1% hours at 325° F. in electric oven or 300° F. in gas oven. 44 THE WILSON CooK Book Party Biscuit 21% cups flour (Roller 1 egg Champion ) 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt % cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar Sift sugar, salt and baking powder with flour. Break egg in cup and mix well; fill with sweet milk. Mix shortening into flour, mix into dough with milk and egg, using spoon. Turn onto a well floured board and knead until smooth, using extra flour if necessary. Roll out to one- fourth inch thickness, cut with tea biscuit cutter, butter one-half, turn over (like Parker House rolls), place on baking sheet and bake in quick oven until done (10 to 12 minutes). Risen Biscuit 1 tablespoon lard 1 pt. flour 3 teaspoons Royal Baking 4 teaspoon salt Powder (level) Milk Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Rub in lard and make up with milk as soft as can be handled, working as little as possible. Cook in hot oven. Water can be substituted for milk. Baking Powder Biscuits 2 cups flour : Y% cup shortening % teaspoon salt 3/, cup milk 1 tablespoon baking powder 1. Sift flour with salt and baking powder. 2. Work in shortening with finger tips, pastry blender, or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. 3. Make a well in center of flour mixture and add milk. 4, Mix with a fork until all of flour disappears. 5. Turn out on floured board; knead lightly for 1 minute. Pat or roll out dough 4% inch thick. 6. Cut with floured biscuit cutter. Place on baking sheet and bake in hot oven. Temperature: 450° F. Time: 12-15 minutes. (Recipe makes 18 small biscuits. ) Southern Buttermilk Biscuits Follow directions for plain baking powder biscuits, using 14, teaspoon soda and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Substitute buttermilk for sweet milk. THE WILSON Cook Boox 45 Corn Meal Muffins 3%, cup corn meal 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons Royal Baking 1% teaspoon salt Powder 1 cup milk

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