This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
One-half cup squash (steamed and sifted) one-quarter cup sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half cup scalded milk, one-quarter yeast cake dissolved in one-quarter cup lukewarm water, one-quarter cup butter, two and a half cups flour.
Add squash, sugar, salt and butter to milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake and flour; cover, and let rise over night. In morning, shape into biscuits, let rise, and bake.
 
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