Flaky Crust

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• one half pound of butter
• one tea-spoonful of baking-powder
• one salt-spoonful of salt
• one half gill of cold water
• whites of two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour onto a board.

2. 2

   Whip egg whites with salt to a froth.

3. 3

   Mix flour with egg froth and cold water to a dough, roll out thinly, spread butter in pieces, fold in layers, and roll out until all butter is incorporated.

4. 4

   Ready for use in pies or tarts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Flaky Crust. — One pound of flour, one half pound of butter, one tea-spoonful of baking-powder, one salt-spoonful of salt, one half gill of cold water, whites of two eggs

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