Potato Biscuit

Ingredients

• eight large potatoes
• a piece of butter the size of a large egg
• a teaspoonful of salt
• milk enough to make a batter of them
• stir in flour to make a stiff dough
• half a teacup of good yeast

Method

1. 1

   Peel, wash, and boil eight large potatoes, dry them off, and mash with a piece of butter.

2. 2

   Add a teaspoon of salt and milk to make a batter, then stir in flour to make a stiff dough with half a teacup of yeast.

3. 3

   When light, roll out, cut into biscuits, and let rise until very light.

4. 4

   Bake in a quick oven for ten to fifteen minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Biscuit. Peel, wash and boil eight large potatoes, dry them off, and mash them, with a piece of butter the size of a large egg ; add a teaspoonful of salt and milk enough to make a batter of them ; stir in flour to make a stiff dough, with half a teacup of good yeast

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