Milk Biscuits

Ingredients

• 0.5 lb. Flour
• 1 gill Milk
• 1 oz. Butter
• 1 saltspoonful Salt

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour, sprinkle in the salt, and make into a dough with the milk; knead till smooth, roll out very thin.

2. 2

   Cut into small rounds, prick well with a fork, put on to a floured tin and bake for about ten minutes.

3. 3

   They should not get brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of living in Australia (1893) by Philip E. Muskett, page 232. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 gill Milk 1 oz. Butter i saltspoonful Salt Total Cost— 2|d. MILK BISCUITS. . \d. , . . irf. '\\d. Time — 10 Minutes. Eub the butter into the flour, sprinkle in the salt, and make into a dough with the milk ; knead till smooth, roll out very thin. Cut into small rounds, prick well with a fork, put on to a floured tin and bake for about ten minutes. They should not get brown. SODA CAKE. 1 lb. Flour .... J lb. Currants .... I lb. Sugar .... 6 oz. Dripping .... 1^ teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda \ pint Milk .... Total Cost— 7(i. Time— Two Hours, 2d. 2d. Id. '2d. Rub the dripping and the flour together ; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with the milk, beat for a few minutes. Pour into a tin which has been well rubbed with dripping, bake in a moderate oven for two hours. DIGESTIVE BISCUITS. i lb. Brown Meal I lb. Flour 1^ gills Water . 1 oz. Butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.