Orloff Biscuit

Ingredients

• three fourths pint butter
• a heaping pint sugar
• three quarts flour
• one quart sponge
• sweet milk enough to make a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar; add flour, sponge, and enough milk to make a soft dough.

2. 2

   Knead thoroughly and set to rise overnight.

3. 3

   In the morning, knead lightly, pull off small pieces, and make into round cakes.

4. 4

   Place on buttered tins, set to rise, brush with cold water, and let cool in the tins.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OrloiT Biscuit — Cream three fourths pint, butter and a heaping pint sugar ; add three quarts flour, one quart sponge, and sweet milk enough to make a soft dough

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