No. 261 Tea Biscuits
One quart of flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, ½ teaspoonful sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 1 teaspoonful lard, 1 pint milk. Sift together flour, salt, powder, sugar; rub in lard, cold; add the milk, and form into a smooth, consistent dough. Flour the board; turn out the dough; roll it out to the thickness of ¾ of an inch; cut with a small round cutter; lay them close together on a greased baking-tin; wash over with milk. Bake in hot oven 20 minutes.