Biscuit

Ingredients

• Sift a quart of flour
• three spoons of powder
• Just egg sized, and rubbed in tightly
• a pint of milk to wet it
• Add some salt, or you'll regret it

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour and mix with baking powder.

2. 2

   Rub in butter, add salt, and milk.

3. 3

   Fold gently without overworking.

4. 4

   Roll out and cut into shapes.

5. 5

   Bake in a buttered pan for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The cooking garden (1885) by Emily Huntington, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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