Settler's tea cakes

1 servings

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Directions

One quart of fine flour, two ounces of butter; two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, mixed dry through the flour. One teaspoonful of salaratus or soda, mositen the later in milk or water till dissolved, mix with sweet milk or cold water. These cakes to be rolled, and cut out with a tumbler, about an inch in thickness, served hot and buttered. Origin: The Canadian Settler's Guide, written in 1855.

Shared by: Sharon Stevens. Submitted By SHARON STEVENS On 03-28-95

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