Fat-Saving Pastry III

Ingredients

• Flour, 2i cups.
• Baking powder, Ij teaspoons.
• Fat, 2 cup.
• Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon.
• Cold water.
• Salt, * teaspoon.

Method

1. 1

   Sift and mix flour, salt, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Chop fat in or rub it in with finger tips.

3. 3

   Chill two hours.

4. 4

   Take out one-half cup and add lemon juice and cold water gradually to make stiff paste.

5. 5

   Knead lightly and roll into a long strip.

6. 6

   Sprinkle dough with half of reserved mixture and fold to make three layers.

7. 7

   Turn halfway around, roll again, sprinkle with rest of mixture, and fold as before.

8. 8

   Roll and fold twice more and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Use and preparation of food (1919) by United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education., page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FAT-SAVING PASTRY II. (Hot-water paste; two small single-crust pies.) Flour, 1 cup. Baking powder, i teaspoon. Fat, 4 tablespoons. Salt, i teaspoon. Boiling water, 3 tablespoons. 92 USE AND PEEPARATION OF FOOD. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into basin ; rub fat lightly into them • then stir in boiling water. Cool paste before using it, or it will be too sticlcy to handle. FAT-SAVING PASTKY lU. (Four small single-crust pies.) Baking powder, Ij teaspoons. Flour, 2i cups. Fat, 2 cup. Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon. Cold water. Salt, * teaspoon.

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