Take one quart of flour, one tea-spoonful of salt, two tea-
spoonfuls of baking-powder, lard the size of an egg. Mix
the baking-powder and salt through the flour, then the lard.
Work into a soft dough with nearly a pint of sweet milk.
Roll out thin on the biscuit-board; spread with melted but-
ter, and sprinkle with sugar. Then roll it over and over,
and cut down in slices about three-quarters of an inch thick.
Lay flat in the biscuit-pan, and bake quickly. Very nice.
Mrs. William Davis.
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Dissolve two table-spoonfuls of white sugar✪ Rolls, one tea-spoon-
ful of salt, three-fourths of a tea-cupful of good yeast, one
cupful of lard in one quart of warm milk, four quarts of
flour before sifting. Mix all together, leaving out a little
of the flour, to roll out with. If wanted for breakfast, mix
them at night ; but if for tea, mix them in the morning.
Let them rise well, then knead, and cut out. Put them into
pans to rise again for three-quarters of an hour, then bake.
Miss Sue Bierbower.
142 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
POCKET-BOOKS.
Take one quart of sponge, three eggs beaten separately
very light then whipped together, one cupful of lard or but-
ter, one cupful of white sugar, one cupful of sweet milk✪ Pocket-Books, and
enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead well, and set in
a warm place to rise. When light, knead again. Pinch
off small pieces, roll out half an inch thick, spread with
butter and sugar, and then fold over and press the edges
together with the fingers. Lay them in well-buttered pans,
and set to rise. Bake in a moderate oven.
Mrs, Annie Lee.
BAKING-POWDER.
Take one-half pound of cream of tartar, one-half pound
of soda less two table-spoonfuls, one ounce of tartaric acid,
one-half cupful of flour. Keep in a close can.
Mrs. Hugh Bierbower.
BAKING-POWDER BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, one-third of a tea-spoonful of
soda, one tea-spoonful of baking-powder, one tea-spoonful
of salt, lard the size of an egg, enough sour milk to make
into a soft dough✪ Baking-Powder Biscuit. Mrs. Annie Lee.
DROP BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, one table-spoonful of lard, two
heaping tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder well mixed in the
flour, a little salt, a little over half a pint of sweet milk✪ Drop Biscuit or
enough to make a stiff batter. Drop into greased pans, and
bake quickly. Mrs. Peale, Carlisle, Ky.
EXCELLENT BISCUIT.
Sift one quart of flour with two tea-spoonfuls of baking-
powder, butter the size of a walnut, one-half tea-spoonful of
salt. Stir one-half tea-spoonful of soda into one pint of sour
cream✪ Excellent Biscuit. Mix and bake as quickly as possible.
Mrs. John W. Power.
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
143
BAKING-POWDER BISCUIT.
Take one quart of sifted flour, put iuto it three tea-spoon-
fuls of baking-powder also sifted. Mix thoroughly. Rub
into this a piece of shortening (half lard and half butter )
about the size of a large egg, a little salt, and one pint of
sweet milk. Sprinkle the board to prevent sticking. Bake
immediately in a hot oven. Mrs. Laura C. Dimmitt.
COFFEE BREAD.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take one quart of flour, one tea-spoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, lard the size of an egg. Mix the baking-powder and salt through the flour, then the lard. Work into a soft dough with nearly a pint of sweet milk. Roll out thin on the biscuit-board; spread with melted butter, and sprinkle with sugar. Then roll it over and over, and cut down in slices about three-quarters of an inch thick. Lay flat in the biscuit-pan, and bake quickly. Very nice.
Mrs. William Davis.
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.
Dissolve two table-spoonfuls of white sugar, one tea-spoonful of salt, three-fourths of a tea-cupful of good yeast, one cupful of lard in one quart of warm milk, four quarts of flour before sifting. Mix all together, leaving out a little of the flour, to roll out with. If wanted for breakfast, mix them at night ; but if for tea, mix them in the morning. Let them rise well, then knead, and cut out. Put them into pans to rise again for three-quarters of an hour, then bake.
Miss Sue Bierbower.
142 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
POCKET-BOOKS.
Take one quart of sponge, three eggs beaten separately very light then whipped together, one cupful of lard or butter, one cupful of white sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, and enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead well, and set in a warm place to rise. When light, knead again. Pinch off small pieces, roll out half an inch thick, spread with butter and sugar, and then fold over and press the edges together with the fingers. Lay them in well-buttered pans, and set to rise. Bake in a moderate oven.
Mrs. Annie Lee.
BAKING-POWDER.
Take one-half pound of cream of tartar, one-half pound of soda less two table-spoonfuls, one ounce of tartaric acid, one-half cupful of flour. Keep in a close can.
Mrs. Hugh Bierbower. BAKING-POWDER BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, one-third of a tea-spoonful of soda, one tea-spoonful of baking-powder, one tea-spoonful of salt, lard the size of an egg, enough sour milk to make into a soft dough. Mrs. Annie Lee.
DROP BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, one table-spoonful of lard, two heaping tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder well mixed in the flour, a little salt, a little over half a pint of sweet milk or enough to make a stiff batter. Drop into greased pans, and bake quickly. Mrs. Peale, Carlisle, Ky.
EXCELLENT BISCUIT.
Sift one quart of flour with two tea-spoonfuls of bakingpowder, butter the size of a walnut, one-half tea-spoonful of salt. Stir one-half tea-spoonful of soda into one pint of sour cream. Mix and bake as quickly as possible.
Mrs. John W. Power.
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
BAKING-POWDER BISCUIT.
Take one quart of sifted flour, put iuto it three tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder also sifted. Mix thoroughly. Rub into this a piece of shortening (half lard and half butter ) about the size of a large egg, a little salt, and one pint of sweet milk. Sprinkle the board to prevent sticking. Bake immediately in a hot oven. Mrs. Laura C. Dimmitt.
COFFEE BREAD.
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