Raised Biscuits

Ingredients

• Dissolve V2 cake dry yeast
• butter the size of an egg
• 2 tablesp sugar
• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• ^/^ teasp salt
• flour enough to make a dough just stiff enough to handle

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve yeast in warm water.

2. 2

   Beat butter with sugar and egg, stir in dissolved yeast and milk, add salt and flour to make a stiff dough.

3. 3

   Cover and let rise overnight.

4. 4

   Knead in the morning, let rise again, mold into biscuits, and bake for about 35 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 tablesp sugar and 1 egg. Mix f thoroughly, add flour as required, mould into biscuits, and let ] rise. Bake in a quick oven. Raisins or currants may be added 1 if liked. — [Mrs. W. M. G., Ct. t Raised Biscuits ;| Dissolve V2 cake dry yeast in a little warm water. While \ this is dissolving beat butter the size of an egg with- 2 tablesp I sugar and 1 egg. Stir this and the dissolved yeast into 2 cups ; lukewarm milk, add ^/^ teasp salt, and flour enough to make a ; dough just stiff enough to handle

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