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Raised Biscuit

From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905

Serves 3

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • One pint of milk
  • one egg
  • one gill of butter
  • half-pint, or less, of sugar
  • two potatoes
  • These quantities will make three dozen biscuits

Method

  1. Mix together over night, with rather less than half a pint of yeast, and flour in proportion.

  2. In the morning mould them by hand, with as little flour as possible.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raised Biscuit.— One pint of milk, one egg, one gill of butter, half-pint, or less, of sugar, two potatoes baked quite dry and mashed through a colander. Mix BREAD-MAKING. 23 together over night, with rather less than half a pint of yeast, and flour in propor- tion. In the morning mould them by hand, with as little tiour as possible. These quantities will make three dozen biscuits

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