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| THE KEY TO A HAPPY HOME . 15
"Sift in a tin pan 4 lbs. of flour; bank it up against the sides, pour in 1 qt. of milk and water (half-and-half), and mix into it enough of the flour to form a thin batter; then quickly and lightly add 1 pt. of milk, in which is dissolved 1 oz. of salt, and 13/4ozs. of compressed yeast. Leave the remainder of the flour against the sides of the pan; cover the pan with a cloth, and set it in a place free from draught, for three-quarters of an hour; then mix in the rest of the flour, until the dough will leave the bottom and sides of the pan, and let it stand two hours and a-half. Finally, divide the mass into 1 lb. pieces, to be cut in turn into 12 parts each. (This, you will see, is for biscuit; for bread this last division is not to be made, and more recently, it is made into rather long, narrow loaves. ) This gives square
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