Royal Biscuits

From a

Cook Book

over 106 year old

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Butter a cake pan

and dust it with Flour.

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2 c. Flour

1 tsp. (heaping) Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Sugar

1 oz. Pure Lard

1 c. cold Milk

some melted Butter

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Put Flour into a sieve,

add Baking Powder, Salt, & Sugar...

then sift it all into a bowl.

Add Lard...

chop up the Lard fine, in the Flour

with a table knife,

then make a hollow in the centre.

Pour in the cold Milk,

mix with the same knife into a smooth dough.

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Sprinkle a little flour on a pastry - board,

turn the Dough on to it,

pat it lightly with the knife to smooth the top.

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Roll out the Dough to a one inch thickness.

Dip a small Biscuit - Cutter in Flour and cut the Dough.

Lay them in the Buttered pan close together;

brush the Biscuits over with melted Butter.

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Place them in a hot oven,

Bake 12 to 15 minutes.

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When done, remove the Biscuits...

separate them, and serve them enclosed in a napkin,

on a hot plate.

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