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Baking-Powder Biscuits. 2 cupfuls flour, 2 tablespoonfuls lard, 1 cupful milk, teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls Calumet baking powder.

Sift the salt, baking powder, and flour together, rub in the lard, add the milk, and beat to a soft dough.

Turn out on a floured baking board, roll out about an inch thick, and cut into biscuits. Lay in a baking pan, brush the tops with milk, and bake in a quick oven.

Drop Biscuits. 3 cupfuls flour, 2 tablespoonfuls butter, Warm the butter in the milk, pour over the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, add sufficient flour to make it pour, then the salt and baking powder. Beat the whole thoroughly, fold in the whipped whites of the eggs, and bake on a hot griddle.