Recipe: Mary Ann's Soda Biscuits (Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, 1949)

MARY ANN'S SODA BISCUITS

2 cups sifted all- purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon Arm & Hammer Brand or Cow Brand Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup distilled vinegar
1/2 cup sweet milk

Sift flour, soda, and salt together. Cut in shortening. Add vinegar and milk and stir lightly. Turn onto floured board and knead lightly.

For Northern style - roll about 1/2 inch thick; for Southern style - roll about 1/4 inch thick.

Cut biscuits; prick with fork for Southern style. Place on greased baking sheet.

Bake at 450 degrees F. (hot oven) for 12 to l minutes.

Makes 16-18 (2-inch) Northern style biscuits or 32-34 (2-inch) Southern style biscuits
Source:
Recipe Booklet - New Fashioned Old Fashioned Recipes, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., 1949