Biscuit
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
In a bowl, mix the baking powder with the sifted flour.
Add more baking powder if using whole wheat or Graham flour.
Prepare the dough and shape it into biscuits.
Bake
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Baking powder
- Releases gas when moistened and heated, lifting the biscuits as they bake.
- Flour
- Forms the structure that holds the biscuits together and sets as they bake.
The step that matters
Add more baking powder if using whole wheat or Graham flour. Whole wheat and Graham flours contain bran, which is heavier and interferes with rising. Extra baking powder helps the biscuits lift well.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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