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Edith Roosevelt's Fat Rascals (Biscuits)




Source of Recipe


Recipe from the favorite cookbook of Edith Roosevelt, wife of President Theodore Roosevelt


List of Ingredients




2 cups sifted all purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter or regular margarine
1/2 lb. dried currants
1/2 cup milk (about)


Recipe



Thoroughly mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or two knives until particles are the size of rice kernels. Stir in currants.

Add the milk and stir with a fork only until a soft dough is formed.

Shape dough lightly into a ball and roll out 1/2 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut into rounds with a 2-inch cutter, do not twist with cutter just go down and up. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 450 for 12 to 15 minutes. About 1 1/2 dozen biscuits.

Source: Culinary Arts Institute Canadian Family CookbooK