Breads
VIRGINIA BEATEN BISCUIT
One quart flour,
One teaspoonful of salt,
One tablespoon of lard.
Work lard lightly into the flour and salt, mix with iced water and then beat dough with rolling pin until it blisters. Cut into biscuits and bake in quick oven.
SOUTHERN SWEET-POTATO BISCUITS
Two cups flour,
One cup of mashed boiled sweet potatoes,
Two tablespoonsful of lard,
One teaspoonful of salt,
One and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
One-half teaspoonful of soda.
Enough buttermilk to make soft dough. Mix flour, salt, soda and baking powder together. Add sweet potatoes and work the lard in lightly. Mix with milk to make soft dough, roll thin cut into biscuits and bake in quick oven.
JOHNNY REB CAKE
2 cupsful of flour,
1 cupful of yellow meal,
4 tablespoonsful of sugar,
½ teaspoonful of salt,
1 teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar,
½ teaspoonful of soda,
or,
2 teaspoonsful of baking-powder.
Add enough milk or water to make a thin batter, and bake.
