Port Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 oz. butter
• 1 lb. of flour
• skimmed milk

Method

1. 1

   Warm the butter in as much skimmed milk as will make a pound of flour into a very stiff paste, beat it with a rolling pin, and work it very smooth.

2. 2

   Roll it thin and cut it into round biscuits; prick them full of holes with a fork.

3. 3

   About six minutes will bake them.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Ideal cook book (1899) by Anne Clarke, page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 Ib. of flour, yolk of I egg, some milk. Make into a very stiff paste; beat it well, and knead till quite smooth; roll very thin, and cut into biscuits. Bake them in a slow oven till quite dry and crisp. 584. port Biscuits—lIngredients—z oz. butter, skimmed milk

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