Soy Bean Meal Biscuit
on Jul 24, 2009 in Baking Powder 1 cup soy bean meal or flour1 cup whole wheat1½ teaspoons salt4 teaspoons baking powder1 tablespoon corn syrup2 tablespoons fat1 cup milkSift dry ingredients. Cut in fat. Add liquid to make soft dough. Roll one-half inch thick. Cut and bake 12 to 15...

Potato Biscuit
on Jul 5, 2009 in Baking Powder 1 cup mashed lightly packed potato2 tablespoons fat1 cup whole wheat flour1 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon saltAbout ½ cup milk or water in which potatoes were cookedAdd melted fat to mashed potato. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt and...

Southern-Style Soda Biscuit
on Jun 17, 2009 in Baking Soda Sift a quart of flour with a heaping teaspoonful of baking soda. Add a good pinch of salt, rub well through lard or butter the size of the fist, then wet with sour milk to a moderately soft dough, roll out, working quickly, cut with small round cutte...

Sweet Potato Biscuits, Old Style
on May 15, 2009 in Beaten Boil soft two large or four small sweet potatoes, mash smooth while very hot, free of strings and eyes, add a pinch of salt, then rub well through three cups of sifted flour. Rub in also a generous handful of shortening, then wet up soft with two egg...

Biscuit Recipes: Old-Style Southern Beaten Biscuits
on Apr 9, 2009 in Beaten Sift a quart of flour into a bowl or tray, add half a teaspoon salt, then cut small into it a teacup of very cold lard. Wet with cold water—ice water is best—into a very stiff dough. Lay on a floured block, or marble slab, and give one hundred st...

Old-Style Southern Beaten Biscuits
on Apr 9, 2009 in Beaten Sift a quart of flour into a bowl or tray, add half a teaspoon salt, then cut small into it a teacup of very cold lard. Wet with cold water—ice water is best—into a very stiff dough. Lay on a floured block, or marble slab, and give one hundred st...

Light Biscuit No. 1
on Mar 7, 2009 in Kneaded Take a piece of bread dough that will make about as many biscuits as you wish; lay it out rather flat in a bowl; break into it two eggs, half a cup of sugar, half a cup of butter; mix this thoroughly with enough flour to keep it from sticking to the...

Biscuit Recipes: Raised Biscuit
on Feb 22, 2009 in Yeast Sift two quarts of flour in a mixing-pan, make a hole in the middle of the flour, pour into this one pint of warm water or new milk, one teaspoonful of salt, half a cup of melted lard or butter, stir in a little flour, then add half a cupful of yeast...

Raised Biscuit
on Feb 22, 2009 in Yeast Sift two quarts of flour in a mixing-pan, make a hole in the middle of the flour, pour into this one pint of warm water or new milk, one teaspoonful of salt, half a cup of melted lard or butter, stir in a little flour, then add half a cupful of yeast...

Beaten Biscuits #2
on Feb 20, 2009 in Beaten (Sufficient to Serve Twelve) * 1 qt. pastry flour * 1 tsp. salt * 1/3 c. fat * 1 c. milk or waterSift the flour and salt and chop in the fat. Moisten with the milk or water and form into a mass. Toss this on a floured board, and beat it w...