American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Graham Biscuits, with Yeast

Original Recipe

Take one pint of water or milk, one large tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a half cup of yeast and a pinch of salt; take enough wheat flour to use up the water, making it the consistency of batter-cakes; add the rest of the ingredients and as much Graham flour as can be stirred in with a spoon; set it away till morning; in the morning grease a pan, flour your hands, take a lump of dough the size of an egg, roll it lightly between the palms of your hands, let them rise twenty minutes, and bake in a tolerably hot oven.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of water or milk
  • 1 large tablespoonful of butter
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar
  • 1 half cup of yeast and a pinch of salt
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 pan
  • 1 lump of dough the size of an egg
  • 1 tolerably hot oven

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Instructions

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    Take one pint of water or milk, one large tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a half cup of yeast and a pinch of salt; take enough wheat flour to use up the water, making it the consistency of batter-cakes; add the rest of the ingredients and as much Graham flour as can be stirred in with a spoon; set it away till morning; in the morning grease a pan, flour your hands, take a lump of dough the size of an egg, roll it lightly between the palms of your hands, let them rise twenty minutes, and bake in a tolerably hot oven.

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