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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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As published

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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