This section is from the book "More Recipes For Fifty", by Frances Lowe Smith. Also available from Amazon: More Recipes For Fifty.
2 quarts barley flour 1 quart pastry flour 1/2 cup baking powder
2 tablespoons salt 3/4 cup shortening 4 3/4 cups milk or water
Mix, roll, and bake as Rye Biscuit. The dough should be as soft as can be handled.
I 1/2 quarts barley flour I 1/2 quarts corn meal
1 tablespoon soda
2 tablespoons salt
1/4 cup baking powder 3/4 cup shortening 1 1/2 quarts sour milk I cup or more water
Sift dry ingredients together; rub in shortening. Add sour milk and water to make a dough as soft as can be handled. Roll, cut, and bake as Rye Biscuit.
 
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