Light Biscuit. No. 2

Original Recipe

When you bake take a pint of sponge, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, the white of one egg beaten to a foam. Let rise until light, mold into biscuits, and when light bake.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of sponge
  • 1 tablespoonful of melted butter
  • 1 tablespoonful of sugar
  • 1 egg beaten to a foam

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Instructions

  1. 1

    When you bake take a pint of sponge, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, the white of one egg beaten to a foam.

  2. 2

    Let rise until light, mold into biscuits, and when light bake.

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