War-Time Recipe: 1918 Baking Powder Biscuit

War-Time Recipe: 1918 Baking Powder Biscuit
War-Time Recipes
Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
2 cups barley or rye flour
5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tbs shortening
½ cup milk
Water (about ½ cup)
Mix dry ingredients and sift twice. Work in shortening with tips of fingers; then add gradually the liquid, mixing with knife to a soft dough. It is impossible to determine the exact amount of liquid, owing to differences in flour. Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll lightly to one half inch in thickness. Shape with a biscuit cutter first dipped in flour. Place on greased pan and bake in hot oven twelve to fifteen minutes.
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