Recipe(tried): Calumet Baking Powder Biscuits (1930's)

CALUMET BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter or other shortening
1/2 cup milk (about)

(All measurements are level.)

Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift again. Cut in shortening. Add milk gradually until soft dough is formed.

Turn onto slightly floured board. Roll 1/2 inch thick and cut with 2-inch floured biscuit cutter.

Bake on ungreased baking sheet in hot oven (450 degrees F) 12 to 15 minutes.

Makes 12 biscuits.
Source: Calumet Baking Powder ad in the Lewiston, Maine, Daily Sun newspaper, April 8, 1933.