The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-11-03
NEW BISCUIT DAINTIES
RECOMMENDED AS VARIATION
FROM STANDARD RECIPES.
AppetIzing With "FllIIng" of Stiff Or
ange MarmaIade-Nut-Drop Con-
fections Popular With Every
body-clover Biscuits.

Light, flaky, biscuits, temptinglJ
Drowned, always receive a smiling
welcome at the table. But have YOU
ever tried any variations of your stand
ard recipe? l have experimental and
have concocted some goodies that dis
appear like cake, writes a contributor
to the Woman's World. They are de
licious not only for the home meal
but for lunches. And the housekeep
er finds them just the thing to serve
with chocolate as light appetizing re
freshments to guests.
Orange two-story biscuits are my
own idea. To make them, sift togeth
er two cupfuls Of bread flour, two tea
spoonfuls baking powder, half tea
| spoonful salt and a tablespoonful o
sugar. Beat one entire egg and ado
two-thirds Of a cupful of sweet mill
for wetting the dough. No shorten
ing is used. Knead the dough lightly
and roll thinner than biscuits are usu
ally made. Cut the rounds with 6
cookie cutter or the open end of 8
pound baking powder can. From hall
of the rounds remove the centers
with smaller cutter Spread the
whole rounds with melted butter, lay
one of the dough rings on each and
fill the centers with stiff orange mar
malade before baking.
MT IrprN ifa
cessful trial at making goodies" Fol
them, sift together pint of flour
half teaspoonful of salt and two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder Rub II
a generous tablespoonful of butte
and stir to the consistency Of thicl
batter, using sweet milk to moisten
Add half cupful of chopped nuts ant
drop the dough with spoon upol
creased baking sheet, leaving al
inch between drops" for swelling.
Sandwich biscuits require four cup
fuls of -four, four tablespoonfuls o
baking powder, teasponful of salt
two tablespoonfuls Of meat drippings
half a cupful Of milk, and water tt
complete the wetting to the ordinar.
biscuit consistency. Roll the dougl
thin, like pie crust, cut, spread hal
the rounds with butter, add fillinl
Of seasoned, finely ground, cooke'
ham, then lay on the covers and bake
Glover biscuits are dainty mouth
fuls. Use any standard recipe TO-
regular biscuit dough. Cut int
rounds an inch In diameter. Il U.s.
the center Of my round loaf cake pan
inverted, as cutter.) Place the tin,
rounds in threes in creased gem cak
pans and glaze the tops with eg
yolk mixed with little water. Whel
baked, the group Of three from eacl
mold will come out in trefoil shape
They are nice to serve with cheese
Hot-cross biscuits taste good at an
season of the year. Their ingredient
consist Of: One quart -four, one tef
spoonful salt, four teaspoonfuls bakin
powder, half a cupful of butter, half
teaspoonful each of ground cinnamo
md nutmeg, one tablespoonful finel
chopped citron or candied orang
peel, half cupful Of currants, on
egg, and sweet milk to make a fri
dough. Some brands of flour absor
more moisture than others, so tn
amount of milk or water used for BIZ
cults is not absolute. Roll an inc
thick, cut in large rounds, cut tw
gashes at right angles across the to
of each, and moisten the tops wit
milk before baking. Some cooks lik
j to fill the cross cuts with sugar.