Egg Biscuit

Ingredients

• one pound of flour
• the beaten whites of two eggs
• half pound of butter or fresh lard

Method

1. 1

   Wet nearly all of the flour to a paste with the beaten whites of the eggs; beat the dough and roll out thin; work in the butter or lard, placing it in small bits on the dough, flouring, folding and rolling out again until all is used.

2. 2

   Move the rolling pin always from you.

3. 3

   Cut out in small squares, or with a tumbler, stick and bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Egg Biscuit Take one pound of flour; wet nearly all of it to a paste with the beaten whites of two eggs; beat the dough and roll out thin ; work in half pound of butter or fresh lard

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