Snowdrift Puff Paste

Ingredients

• three cupfuls of flour
• a half cupful of cold Snowdrift
• about a half cupful

Method

1. 1

   Add a half teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar to three cupfuls of flour, sift; add a half cupful of cold Snowdrift.

2. 2

   Chop with a knife until it is thoroughly mixed with the flour, and add sufficient ice water to just moisten.

3. 3

   Turn the paste on the baking board, roll to a thin sheet, spread over two tablespoonfuls of cold butter; fold in the sides, then the ends; roll the paste from you, fold and roll again.

4. 4

   Stand this on the ice for fifteen minutes, then fold and roll twice.

5. 5

   Stand again on the ice, and when cold it is ready to use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SNOWDRIFT PUFF PASTE Add a half teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar to three cupfuls of flour, sift; add a half cupful of cold Snowdrift. Chop with a knife until it is thoroughly mixed with the flour, and add sufficient ice water to just moisten, about a half cupful

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