Raised Biscuit

Ingredients

• Milk 1 pint
• Egg 1
• Butter 2 tablespoonfuls
• Sugar 0.5 pound
• Baked potatoes 2, good size, scraped out and mashed
• Salt 1 teaspoonful
• Yeast about 1 teacupful
• Flour enough to give it the right consistence

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and let stand overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, mix by hand with minimal additional flour.

3. 3

   This will make about 3 pans of biscuits.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

salt I teaspoonful. Baking soda one-half tea-spoonful. Flour sifted in to make the consistence of batter. Cover up, and if not too cold may stand on the table ; otherwise place it where it will keep moder- ately warm, and in the morning after breakfast it will be light ; now add lard i table-spoonful, then sift in flour and stir Vv^ith a spoon until it can be put out on a bread board, and continue to work in more flour until it has been brought to the proper 2}2 DOMESTIC GUIDE. Stiffness for baking; divide into 5 loaves, place in a warm place for i hour or until it rises, then bake — and if you follow the rule you will have nice bread. RAISED BISCUIT. Milk I pint. Egg I. Butter two table-:>poonfuls. Sugar one-half pound. Baked potatoes 2, good size, scraped out and mashed. Salt I tea-spoonful. Yeast about i tea-cupful. Flour enough to give it the right consistence

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