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Baking-Powder Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 4 teaspoons of baking-powder
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup of water or milk

Instructions

Sift flour with salt, baking-powder, and butter; cut butter in with two knives and mix with water or milk, stir this in quickly with a knife, when well mixed place on a well-floured board and roll out about one inch thick, work quickly, cut with a biscuit cutter or the cover of a half-pound baking-powder can; place on a greased pan and bake quickly in a well-heated quick oven tea to fifteen minutes.

Butter substitutes may be used in place of butter.

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Source

The International Jewish Cook Book (1919)

Categories

Biscuits.