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POTATO  SPLIT  BISCUIT
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POTATO SPLIT BISCUIT

18 ingredients 3 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1173
Calories
35g
Protein
35g
Fat
179g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Biscuit 1 medium (45g) 166
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Lard 1 tbsp (12.8g) 115
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one quart of sifted flour
  • one pint of sifted flour
  • one quart of flour
  • one-half teaspoon salt
  • a cupful of lard
  • a cupful of milk in which has been dissolved one-half cake of compressed yeast
  • a tablespoon of sugar
  • two large potatoes
  • two well beaten eggs
  • one-half cake of compressed yeast
  • eight o'clock in the morning
  • eleven o'clock add to the dough one pint of sifted flour
  • four o'clock turn out on the biscuit board
  • six o'clock dinner
  • two heaping teaspoons royal baking powder
  • 50 grayville cook book
  • lard the size of an egg
  • salt

Directions

1

Bake two large potatoes ; while hot wash through a strainer into a stone jar. Into the hot potatoes stir a cupful of lard and butter mixed, salt and two well beaten eggs. Add to this a cupful of milk in which has been dissolved one-half cake of compressed yeast and a tablespoon of sugar; stir in one quart of sifted flour. Mix this at eight o'clock in the morning, cover and leave anywhere in the kitchen in winter. At eleven o'clock add to the dough one pint of sifted flour, set away for a second using, at four o'clock turn out on the biscuit board and with just sufficient flour to handle it, roll out and cut with biscuit cutter, placing in a baking pan, one on top of the other, with a little butter between. Cover with towel and let rise two hours. Bake in quick oven for six o'clock dinner. — Mrs. Amaryn Gilbert.

2

One quart of flour, after sifted, two heaping teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, one-half teaspoon salt, sift all together; add lump of lard the size of an egg, and work together thoroughly, then add sweet milk to make a soft dough; beat well and add just enough flour to roll. Bake in a moderate oven. — Nancy Huebner.

3

50 GRAYVILLE COOK BOOK

By United Methodist Church (Grayville, Ill.) · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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