Outdoor Cookery – Griddle Cakes & Biscuits – Recipe
These recipes are from Outdoor Cookery, published in 1995.
Biscuit Mix
(13 cups)
9 cups sifted all-purpose flour
*3 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups shortening which does not require refrigeration
Stir the baking powder, salt and sugar into the flour. Sift together three times into a large mixing bowl or onto a large square of plain paper. Cut in shortening until mix is consistency of corn meal. Store in covered containers at room temperature. To measure the “biscuit mix,” pile it lightly into a cup and level off with a spatula.
Griddle Cakes
Mix………… 3 cups for Family size, 1 cup for Two people
Milk……….. 1-1/2 cups for Family size, 1/2 for Two people
Egg………… 1 for Family size, 1/2 or 1 yolk for Two people
Yield………. 18 cakes for Family size, 6 cakes for Two people
Biscuits
Mix………… 3 cups for Family size, 1 cup for Two people
Milk……….. 2/3 cups for Family size, 3 tablespoons for Two people
Yield………. 18 – 2″ for Family size, 6 – 2″ for Two people
Add milk to the mic all at once, stirring 25 strokes. Knead 20 strokes on lightly floured board, roll 1/2 inch thick, cut, and bake in hot oven 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
(The recipe doesn’t say anything about cooking the griddle cakes, so I assume you just cook them in a griddle!)


