Milk Biscuits

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of butter
• one quart of milk
• one gill of yeast
• salt according to taste
• as much flour as will form the dough

Method

1. 1

   Stir flour into the milk to form a very thick batter, and add the yeast; this is called a sponge.

2. 2

   In the morning, cut up the butter and set it near the fire to dissolve.

3. 3

   Pour the melted butter into the sponge, then stir in enough flour to form a dough.

4. 4

   Knead well and set aside to rise.

5. 5

   Once light, butter your tins, make out the dough into small cakes, and let them rise.

6. 6

   Bake in a very quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 922. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Milk Biscuits. — Take a quarter of a pound of butter, one quart of milk, one gill of yeast, salt according to taste, and as much flour as will form the dough

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