New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
BREAD FOR BREAKFAST.
III.
SODA BAKING POWDER AND BEATEN
BISCUIT.


BISCUIT.
The superiority OF good homemade biscuits over
the best bakers biscuits that ever were Dakeu neeu
hardly be dwelt upon Yet there must pe '"ous""
OF cooks who cannot make this most simple or
breads successfully. 1t takes about ten minutes o.
time for an expert worker to turn out coupie Vi
dozen Of light tender biscuits at one-haIf the cos,
OF a dozen bakers biscuits: still. the demand ior 'he
shop biscuits continues, and for one housewife WI"
has biscuit made in her kitchen there are prooapiy
n hundred that buy them. In some cases '''e n'e
"a undoubtedly at fault. and 1t Is more oi'e" ."e
cost and trouble OF making fresh fire than the
trouble of making the biscuit that sends them 70
the bakers The gasoline gas the electric stove Is
recommended for this purpose. The Intense neat Oh
these stoves bakes the light yeast powder OF soua
and cream tartar dough OF tea-piscuits 10 pei te0
baking powder or yeast powder, as IL WAS
known in the South "befo' the war; Is more co"
,snent m use and more certain In the nands Oh an
indifferent cook Soda and cream tartar make
oister and more delicious biscuit of delicate melt
tho oua1i,v Excellent but dryer biscuit may DE
made Of baking powder. In order TO keep the a'ha'
and acid usually soda and cream tartar OF 'a .ai'0
acid from mixing. a dryer must De use' III ."1"
Tho baklne powder Cornstarch Is the agent oi'e"
employed and this gives baking po"uei o
their characteristic haky dryness +,
The heavy hand Of the average COOK w"o
,o,,arh,alv .1,beral' with everything-even DaKlhg
no,ders and SALTS responsible for many oVerury
biscuits A teaspoonful does not mean heape''
overlooking measure unless IL IL So s@.eu' ~
oven spoonfu smoothed off at the top Inns 10 o"e
of the first lessons taught in cooking an.
ono every INEXPERIENCED cook needs to unders'a'iu
More dishes are spoiled oy heap'''s
any other way. T, 10
MANY REGIMES are given for baking powders. IL %
easv enough to make them at home out tne GUN
Who IS nexact in measuring out l"e soN. o.
cream tartar for biscuit is quite as hKeiy 70 oo III
exact in making the baking powder coiih'o',
rule Is half a pound OF tartaric acid nan po"''
of soda and half pound Of corn starch siited TO-
,hor seven times Use an teaspoonfui OF
his nouder to a cup of -four. There Is no special
economy in making this baking powder manu-
facturers have so reduced the price OF THESE
powders. a.. .,
To make perfect tea biscuit, purchase the oes'
quality of cream tartar and Of soda OF trust
worthy druggist II will be more expensive than IL
IT be purchased the grocers but 1t Is more my
% no chemically pure Measure out four even man
mint CUPS of the best pastry -four. Fut II III
sieve with two rounded teaspoonfus OF cream TAI
tar and an even teaspoonful OF SOFA nan .e
spoonful of salt and one of sugar IL taxes "'',e
more than double the quantity OF cream tartar II
docs Of soda Sft the soda. cream tartar SAT- anu
-. ,ooa,her three times When this is done, rub
through the -four a heapng teaspoontul OF out'er'
Rutter the size Of an egg may describe the quah.iy
better.
rho ouaIitv OF your biscuit will depend upon your
faithfuness in performing this part Oh your WORN
The butter can hardly be mixed TOO long VI too
thoroughly with the -four II VIII tame ",e
irutes of the ten allowed for making biscuit 10 10
,hts mart Of the work When an even. granular
mass T. the result stir in as quickly as possIO'
two cups OF new milk. the fresher the oet.er' N
as RAPIDLY as possible. after adding the HIN e
tho dough lightly with flour; dredge the Pd'"'
hoard and turn the biscuits out on H. run '"e,''
Nth one stroke OF the Toured rolling pln anu WIN
u ,rr,bler mr. a tin cutter. dipped in -four cut
-, an, orlcl,v Remember II they are very
of, that IS as they should be; Just as soit as ''
can cut them out and handle them cohvehie"''s,
o.. t,or, close together Russia iron pa"ihs
manor better still on a baking shee' VI -,
ior-ond bake them in a very quick oven ineie
~ -. 40 snace between the biscuits, but they
, - rother crowded on the pan In oruer 'ia'
,t,. may rise inward and not spread bahe 'n
from fifteen TO twenty minutes ihe! '
well drowned top and bottom, put MOI ""i
,r mako dropped biscuit take the same uouen'
!, no, roll # ou.. but drop it in large spoohiu'S
uo "o an a huttered pan, and bake at once
T., a ou,ck oven about twenty minutes Vi e'
time. ,or h,sc,ts are made
t., tho same way except that four even Gasp a
% baking powder are substitutes io' Wv S.
-, tartar and sfted through the HUI,
require d Tess fu""N'N'
- t,aver that one heaping teaspoo"iui 10 -
oe' 80 two even teaspoonfuls some oa .re
eu', aLers order two heaped spoontuis, O oee 90
~ even tea spoonfuls. and the uie''
loul s would appear at nrst horored
great as WV hisruit OF Maryland Is unen'nJ h n
me pa has barely survived slavery ddys w he
yere always small pickamiilies iDg nrocess
.ne eF In IN beat biscuit. Inc pea.,nS pstpadv
ordereIn -. one Ii takes fuil nouI 80 "a
Is d VI which is more than the inoueIn Ut nybt
peasi,s' ~ give to such process "nei ntn,fas
WINS ouder' biscuit can be maze III ven 10 -.
ets. ~ RAJ modern improvements ho"es'., .,aot
II II sa d The small coored boy VINO lofer' I'D IN
repiaV," and that there is machine nov ar 40 tho
DisCu. and IN other Southern CITIES ~ ~
ba.i certainly II Is a pity tnat sucn d u''
WI nxcelIsnt bread should he forg0tlel a. % =.
anu 10 mine beat en- biscuit dough was maui "
lne nastrv flour into which an even tedSpov ,r
quar- al, us sifted and through whlSh d pu hs
iai VI End Of sweet lard was rupoed. IN re-,
OF nercantile lard, probably butter Wvu'u -,
gay, oi smhsttuted Mix the biscuits WIN Whn
tei,, g as sIff a dough as you can NOUN 80.
mn lh ,vsh ia a smooth even mass pesll 70 80
,he tho rolling pin. Continue peatns iJ' e. "a
IL naanino the dough the mouding -ooaIu a ~
npu, W Rlov after blow with the rolihg pm, ~ III
sss ton and when the snowy mass Is pste'sa a.,
nov IA breaks off easily when puen IL u e s,
~ ~. oven No ingredient s USED 10 Hsi,eeiI
I,,b, Tho air Is beaten into IT, men IL 10 - .L
% ,he oven shape 1t into round biscuits WIN lhe
ia 10 Thev should not be over an men 'hi0h'
innini, ,bem and bake them In a quick oven