Baking Powder Biscuit

2 cups sifted flour 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons lard or 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon lard.

1 teaspoon salt.

4 teaspoons baking powder.

¾ to 1 cup milk or.

Half milk and half water.

Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add shortening and chop with knife until mealy. Add milk gradually until a soft spongy dough. Turn on to a floured board; toss with knife until whole surface is floured; pat lightly with rolling pin until one half inch thick. Cut in rounds and bake immediately on buttered sheet in quick oven, about twelve minutes.

Drop Biscuit

Use receipt for Baking Powder Biscuit, using enough milk to make a drop batter.

Drop into buttered muffin pans and bake in hot oven.

Fruit Biscuit

Roll Baking Powder Biscuit mixture to one fourth inch; brush with melted butter; sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and chopped raisins and citron.

Roll like a jelly roll; cut in one half inch pieces; place on buttered tin; brush with melted butter; sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake in hot oven.