This section is from the book "Better Meals For Less Money", by Mary Green. Also available from Amazon: Better Meals for Less Money.
2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons baking powder
1 cup mashed potato
2 tablespoons shortening 3/4 cup milk
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; add potato and shortening, and work in with finger tips; add milk, and mix to a soft dough with a knife; roll out three-quarters of an inch thick on floured board, cut with biscuit cutter, and cook on hot greased griddle about twenty minutes, turning over when half cooked. Split, butter, and serve hot.
1 cup fine oatmeal 3/4 cup scalded milk
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
Pour hot milk over oatmeal, mix well, add shortening, and let stand until cold; mix and sift flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar; add to oatmeal, and mix well; roll out three-fourths of an inch thick, cut in rounds, and cook on a greased griddle about twenty minutes, turning when half cooked.
 
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