Raised Biscuits.
¹⁄₂ cup of milk scalded and cooled then add ¹⁄₂ cup of luke warm water with 1 compressed yeast cake dissolved in lukewarm water, 1 tablespoon of lard or butter melted, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt, beat thoroughly together and make in a stiff dough, add more flour if necessary and put in a warm place to rise about 2 hours. Then mould out in biscuits, place in pan to get light, then bake in hot oven 10 minutes to a light brown.
Lunch Rolls.
1¹⁄₄ cups of milk scalded and cooled, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 egg beaten light, 2 tablespoons of lard or butter, 1 compressed yeast cake, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt. Beat all together with 4 cups of flour or more to make a stiff dough, cover and set in warm place to rise when light knead the dough, roll out and cut with biscuit cutter and fold them over with melted butter spread light over before you fold. Then set them to rise again and bake 10 minutes in a hot oven.
Baking Powder Biscuits.
Take 1 pint of flour, sifted, add ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt, 2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder, 1 large tablespoon lard and butter, mix this all together before adding your milk, then gradually add enough milk to make a stiff dough. Then roll out and cut in biscuits with a cutter, prick with a fork and place in a hot oven to bake 10 minutes.
Buttermilk Biscuits.
Sift a quart of flour, add 1 tablespoon of lard, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of soda, stir this in 1 cup of buttermilk. Stir the dry ingredients all together, then add the cup of buttermilk and mix to a soft dough, roll thin, cut into small biscuits and bake in a hot oven to a light brown.
Maryland Beaten Biscuits—Southern.
1 qt. of sifted flour, ¹⁄₂ teacup of lard, 1 teacup of sweet milk, 1 teaspoon of salt, mix all dry ingredients together thoroughly before adding milk, add the milk gradually and knead the dough until firm and glossy. Then beat with a flat iron for 20 minutes or until the dough will spring large elastic, then cut out in small biscuits, prick the top with a fork and bake for 30 minutes. This is the southern beaten biscuit.