Recipe of the Week: Emergency Corn Biscuits

The following simple recipe for Emergency Corn Biscuits is from Good HouseKeeping’s Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries (253 pages, copyright 1925, now in public domain). That is one of the 11 new bonus books included in the new 2005-2023 edition of the SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick.

Ingredients
  • 1-1/4 cupfuls bread flour
  • 1 cupful of cold water
  • 3/4 cupful cornmeal
  • 1 teaspoonful sugar
  • 2 tablespoonfuls shortening
  • 5 teaspoonful baking-powder
  • 1 teaspoonful salt
Directions

Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Mix in the shortening with two knives or the tips of the fingers. Add to the cold
water and mix well.

Drop by spoonfuls into greased muffin pans or on a greased baking sheet one and one-half inches apart. Bake for twenty minutes in an oven which registers 450″ F.

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