Hard Biscuits

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Yield
8.0 parts
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (8)
  1. Mix the flour, hot milk, salt, and baking-powder into a firm paste.
  2. Knead the paste until it becomes quite tough.
  3. Let the paste rest covered over with a cloth for half an hour.
  4. Divide the paste into eight equal parts.
  5. Roll out each part to the size of tea-saucers.
  6. Place the rolled-out dough onto baking-tins.
  7. Prick all over with a fork.
  8. Bake in a brisk oven for about fifteen minutes.
Original Text
No. 133. Hard Biscuits. Ingredients, one pound of flour, half a pint of hot milk, a tea-spoonful of salt, a pinch of baking-powder; bake them a quarter of an hour. Mix the above ingredients into a firm paste, well kneaded until it becomes quite tough; then let the paste rest covered over with a cloth for half an hour, after which it is to be divided into eight equal parts, rolled out to the size of tea-saucers, placed upon baking-tins, pricked all over with a fork, and baked in a brisk oven for about fifteen minutes. [70]
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