Grandma's Short-Cake
From Six little cooks, 1910
Sift flour and dry it in the oven for a few minutes but do not brown it.
Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Six little cooks (1910) by Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
GRANDMA'S SHORT-CAKE. One pound sifted flour, dried in the oven for a few min- utes, but not browned, a quarter of a pound butter, a heaping tablespoonful lard, a salt-spoonful salt, a pinch of soda dissolved in just enough vinegar to cover it
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