Baking Powder Biscuits
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Clear Tote Basic recipe
Clear Tote two-surface Basic recipe
Baking Powder Biscuits
Yield: 14 to 16 2 inch biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2/3 to 3/4 cup milk
Directions
- Mix dry ingredients into mixing bowl, cut in shortening. Add the
Equipment: mixing bowl
Notes
- Basic recipe
As written
Basic recipe
Arwilda’s changes
- Crossed out “Basic recipe”
Untitled recipe
Directions
- 2/3 cup of milk all at once, and stir together quickly to make a soft but not sticky dough.
- If dough is too stiff, stir in the remainder of the milk.
- Knead 8 to 10 times, roll and cut, then place on ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake at 450°
Temperature: 450°
Arwilda’s changes
- Added “Bake at 450°”
Decorative Tin multi-batch recipe with variations
Decorative Tin base and variations
Baking Powder Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 C. flour
- ¼ t salt
- 2 t b. powder
- 2 T lard
- milk
- 3 C. flour
- ¾ t salt
- 6 t b. powder
- 6 T lard
- milk
- 4 C. flour
- 1 t salt
- 8 t b. powder
- ½ C lard or ¼ lb.
- milk
Directions
- Sift flour, measure, add salt, b. powder, sift again.
- add milk untill quite wet; Mix lard in [barred-c] fingers; mix well [barred-c] fork
- Put on floured board & roll or pat out.
- Don't turn dough over. Keep top side uttermost.
Equipment: fork; floured board
As written
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Baking Powder Biscuits: "Cheese"
Ingredients
- ½ C. grated cheese
- baking-powder biscuit mixture, base quantity and formula unavailable on supplied surfaces
Directions
- Add ½ C. grated cheese into mixture or sprinkle on top of biscuits
As written
Baking Powder Biscuits
Baking Powder Biscuits: "Orange"
Ingredients
- lumps of sugar
- orange juice
- grated orange rind
- baking-powder biscuits, base quantity and formula unavailable on supplied surfaces
Directions
- Take lumps of sugar. dip in orange juice drops top of biscuits + sprinkle - grated orange rind.
Baking Powder Biscuits: "Butterscotch"
Ingredients
- 4 T butter
- ¾ C brown sugar
- baking-powder biscuits or biscuit dough, base quantity and formula unavailable on supplied surfaces
Directions
- melt 4 T butter with ¾ C brown sugar
- spread on top of biscuits or Spread butter + sugar all over dough and roll it in form of a jelly roll. Cut in slices + bake.
Compare the cards
Base formula normalized to one cup flour
- Clear Tote two-surface Basic recipe
- Per cup flour: 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons shortening, and 1/3 to 3/8 cup milk.
- Decorative Tin base and variations
- Per cup flour: 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons lard, and an unspecified amount of milk.
Mixing, shaping, and baking detail
- Clear Tote two-surface Basic recipe
- Mix dry ingredients, cut in shortening, add most milk, adjust if stiff, knead 8-10 times, roll and cut, place on an ungreased sheet, and bake at 450 degrees.
- Decorative Tin base and variations
- Sift flour, measure, add salt and baking powder, sift again, mix lard in with fingers, add milk until quite wet, mix with a fork, roll or pat out without turning the dough; no bake setting is included.
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