- 1 quart of flour.
- 3 tablespoonfuls butter.
- ½ teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water.
- 1 saltspoonful salt.
- 2 cups sweet milk.
Rub the butter into the flour, or, what is better, cut it up with a knife or chopper, as you do in pastry; add the salt, milk, and soda, mixing well. Work into a ball, lay upon a floured board, and beat with a rolling-pin half an hour, turning and shifting the mass often. Roll into an even sheet, a quarter of an inch thick, or less, prick deeply with a fork, and bake hard in a moderate oven. Hang them up in a muslin bag in the kitchen for two days to dry.
Wafers. ✠
- 1 pound of flour.
- 2 tablespoonfuls butter.
- A little salt.
Mix with sweet milk into a stiff dough, roll out very thin, cut into round cakes, and again roll these as thin as they can be handled. Lift them carefully, lay in a pan, and bake very quickly.
These are extremely nice, especially for invalids. They should be hardly thicker than writing-paper. Flour the baking-pan instead of greasing.
Crumpets (Sweet.)
- 1 pint raised dough.
- 3 eggs.
- 3 tablespoonfuls butter.
- ½ cup white sugar.
When your bread has passed its second rising, work into the above-named quantity the melted butter, then the eggs and sugar, beaten together until very light. Bake in muffin-rings about twenty minutes.