The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-20
The Stars Cook Book
BISCUIT, BUNS, ETC.

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Breakfast Biseuit.-Take 1 quart
sweet milk, Y cupful melted butter, a
little salt, 2 tablespoonfuls baking
powder, flour enough to make a stiff
batter; do not knead into dough, but
drop into buttered tins from a spoon;
bake in a hot oven-unless it is hot
they will not be light and tender.
Hot Biscuit quart flour, tea
spoonful salt, teaspoonfuls baking
powder, 1 tablespoonful lard, l pint
sweet milk, cold (never use sour
milk; use cold water when milk can
not be obtained Sift together flour,
salt, and powder; rub in lard cold;
add milk, form into smooth, consistent
dough- Flour the board, turn out
dough, roll out to thickness of q inch
cut with small round cutter; lay them
close together on creased baking tin;
bake in good hot oven. Old biscuit
can be made fresh by moistening
placing in oven until heated through,
English Biseuits.-1b pints flour,
/ coffeecupful corn starch, 3 table,
spoonfuls sugar, large pinch salt, 2
teaspoonfuls baking powder, ia.
blespoonfuls lard, l egg, u pint
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coTiander seed (if desired). Sift to.
gether flour, corn starch, sugar, salt
and powder; rub in lard cold; add
eggs, beaten, milk, currants (well
washed) picked, and dried, and corian.
der seeds; mix into smooth dough
soft enough to handle. Flour the
board, turn out dough, roll to u inch
thickness, cut with round cutter, lay
them on creased baking tin, bake in
rather hot oven 20 minutes. Rub over
with little butter on clean piece OF
linen, when taken from oven.
Lemon Biscuit cupful butter, 215
cupfuls sugar, eggs, 4 u pints flour
1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 tea
spoonful extract lemon. Mix the but
ter, sugar and beaten eggs, smooth
add the flour, sifted with the powder
and the extract. Flour the board, rol
out the dough Il inch thick, and GU
out with large round cutter, lay GU
on a creased tin, wash over with milk
and lay a thin slice of citron on each
Bake in hot oven 10 minutes
London Crumpets.-11a pints flour
70 teaspoonful salt, 1 teaspoonful su
gar, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder,
egg, nearly a pint milk and cream il
equal parts, / teaspoonful extract Gin
namon. Sift together flour, salt, SUI
gar, and powder; add beaten egg
milk, cream and extract; mix int
rather firm batter, half fill larg
creased muffin rings on hot, wei
creased griddle; bake on one side @
them only. Serve hot with cottag
cheese.
Sugar Biscuit. Ia pints flou
pinch salt, l coffeecupful sugar, 2 te;
spoonfuls baking powder, 1 tabl
spoonful lard, 2 eggs, - pint milk,
teaspoonful extract nutmeg. Sift t
gether flour, salt, sugar and powder
rub in lard cold; add beaten eggs al
milk; mix in smooth batter as fl
mullins, drop with tablespoon
creased baking tin; sift sugar ov
tops; bake in hot oven or 10 mi
utes.
Sweet Potato BUNS large swe
potatoes, 1 ~ pints flour, pinch sa
III teaspoonfuls baking powder, pi
cream. Boil potatoes tender, n
them very fine with cream Sift
gether flour, salt and powder; add
potato preparation; mix into rath
firm, smooth dough; form into roul
pices size of small egg; lay on greas
tin; bake in hot oven 20 minutes.
Abernethy Biscuits pints flour,
tablespoonfuls sugar, l teaspooni
salt 11a teaspoonfuls baking powdt
tablespoonfuls lard, Tablespoonful
caraway seeds, 2 eggs, l pint mi
Sift together -four, sugar, salt a
powder; rub in lard cold, add seeC
beaten eggs, and milk; mix in
smooth, firm dough- Flour the boar
turn out the dough, give it few qui
vigorous kneadings, roll out to tniC
ness of a inch. Cut into biscuits t
size of pudding saucer, prick wi
fork, lay on creased, baking tin; bal
in rather hot oven Is minutes. Sto
when cold.