Squash Biscuit

Ingredients

• 1 qt winter squash
• 1 cup hop yeast
• 2 cakes compressed yeast
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large tablesp butter
• 1 teasp soda
• a little salt
• about V2 cup sweet milk
• flour enough for a sponge

Method

1. 1

   Mix squash with yeast, sugar, butter, soda, and salt.

2. 2

   If squash is dry, add sweet milk.

3. 3

   Mix with enough flour for a sponge.

4. 4

   When light, mix in more flour for biscuit dough, let rise, and bake.

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.

Squash Biscuit To 1 qt winter squash, boiled and sifted, add 1 cup hop yeast, or 2 cakes compressed yeast, 1 cup sugar, 3 large tablesp butter, 1 teasp soda and a little salt. If squash is very dry it will require about V2 cup sweet milk. Mix all these ingredients together with flour enough for a sponge

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