No-Soda Biscuit Recipe ingredients

• In the morning set a sponge of:
• 1 cup lukewarm skim milk, or whole milk
• 1 cake compressed yeast (½ cake will do if it is not desired to hasten the process)
• 10 ounces sifted pastry flour (2½ cups well shaken down)
• When this sponge is light, add:
• ¼ cup warm oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 4 ounces sifted pastry flour (1 cup well shaken down)

To prepare this No-Soda Biscuit Recipe, first mix this very thoroughly. It will be too soft to knead. Set in a warm place to rise. When light, take the dough out on a floured bread board, roll it out three-fourths inch thick, and cut into biscuit with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuit on an oiled pan, and set them in a warm place to rise. Let them rise about one-fourth inch, then bake.

If this dough is to be used for shortcake, use one-third cup of oil, and the dough may be baked in a sheet instead of as biscuit, if desired. Then the sheet is split, and used as baking-powder shortcake is used. Or it may be baked as biscuit, and served as individual shortcakes.