Baking Powder Biscuit

Original Recipe

Two pints of flour, butter the size of an egg, three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt; make a soft dough of sweet milk or water, knead as little as possible, cut out with the usual biscuit-cutter and bake in rather a quick oven.

Ingredients

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  • 2 pints of flour
  • 3 heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 soft dough of sweet milk or water
  • 1 quick oven

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Instructions

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    Two pints of flour, butter the size of an egg, three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt; make a soft dough of sweet milk or water, knead as little as possible, cut out with the usual biscuit-cutter and bake in rather a quick oven.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)