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Simple Biscuit Dough

From Fruit recipes, 1907

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • one teaspoon of salt
  • two (rounding) of baking powder
  • one quart of flour
  • one heaping tablespoon of shortening
  • one pint of sweet milk

Method

  1. Sift salt and baking powder through flour.

  2. Rub in shortening.

  3. Gradually pour in milk to make a soft dough.

  4. Roll out, cut, and bake quickly.

Nutrition per serving

441Calories
12 gProtein
83 gCarbs
8 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fruit recipes (1907) by Berry, Riley Maria Fletcher Mrs., page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SIMPLE BISCUIT DOUGH Sift one teaspoon of salt and two (rounding) of baking powder through one quart of flour and rub into the whole one heaping tablespoon of shortening. In the centre pour gradually one pint of sweet milk

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