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French Tea Biscuit

Name: French Tea Biscuit
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 lb flour; 2 oz butter; 1 cups milk; 1 each egg; 0.5 cups sugar; 0.5 tsp soda; 1 cup yeast

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 24. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

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Two lbs flour, two ounces butter, half pint sweet milk, one egg, half cup sugar, one cup yeast, half teaspoon .

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