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
  1. 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
  1. 2/3 cup of milk all at once, and stir together quickly to make a soft but not sticky dough.
  2. If dough is too stiff, stir in the remainder of the milk.
  3. Knead 8 to 10 times, roll and cut, then place on ungreased baking sheet.
  4. 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
  1. Sift flour, measure, add salt, b. powder, sift again.
  2. add milk untill quite wet; Mix lard in [barred-c] fingers; mix well [barred-c] fork
  3. Put on floured board & roll or pat out.
  4. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. melt 4 T butter with ¾ C brown sugar
  2. 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.

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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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