Soda Biscuit

Ingredients

• Put 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar
• into a quart of flour
• rub into the flour 2 ounces butter
• 1 ounce of lard
• a small teaspoonful of salt
• Take a teaspoonful of soda
• 3 gills of sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Sift both through a fine sieve; thoroughly mix.

2. 2

   Pour the dissolved soda and sweet milk into the flour quickly, using the hands as little as possible.

3. 3

   Lay the dough on a well-floured board; work it into shape lightly, roll out, cut in shape, prick and bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ut 2 tea- spoonfuls cream of tartar into a quart of flour, sift both through a fine sieve ; rub into the flour 2 ounces butter, 1 ounce of lard, add a small teaspoonful of salt to the lard ; thoroughly mix. Take a tea- spoonful of soda in just enough milk to dissolve it, and then pour to it 3 gills of sweet milk, and stir into the flour quickly, using the hands to it as little as possible. Lay the dough on a well- floured board ; work it into shape lightly, roll out, cut in shape, prick and bake in a quick oven. By adding a little more shortening, this soda bis- cuit

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