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Plain Biscuits

From The complete Indian housekeeper & cook, 1898
Presented as published in 1898. 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 The complete Indian housekeeper & cook (1898) by Flora Annie Webster Steel, page 231. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Biscuits. — Sixteen units plain flour, salt, 1 unit yolk of egg, milk sufficient to knead the whole into a stiff paste. Beat with the rolling pin for ten minutes, roll out very thin, cut into biscuits, and I ’ke ; or as follows : Sixteen units flour, 2 of butter, 10 of milk ai.d water mixe

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