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Susan Gilbert cookbook, 1848-1887

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as much milk & water as will make a Paste, roll it thin & cut it with the top of a Canaster or Glass. Bake 15 minutes on Tin plates. Little Short Cakes. Rub into 1 lb of Dried flour 4 oz of butter, 4 oz white powdered sugar 1 Egg & a spoonful of or two of Cream or Milk to make it into a paste. When it is mixed put Currants into one half & Carraway seeds into the other, Cut them into any shape you please & place them on your Tins. Plain & very Crisp Biscuits. one lb of Flour, the yolk of 1 Egg, a little milk make this into a stiff paste, beat it well & knead it till its quite smooth, roll it thin & cut it into Biscuits bake them in a slow oven till quite dry & crisp. Squab-Pie Cut some apples as for other pies, and lay them in rows with Mutton-chops, shred onions, and sprinkle among them some sugar.
 
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