Miss Fort's Beaten Biscuit Recipe

• 1½ lb flour
• 5 ozs shortening
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar (dissolve the sugar in water)
• 1 cup water

1. Blend flour, shortening, and salt.
2. Mix into a stiff dough with water in which sugar has been dissolved. Work well.
3. Beat or roll until dough blisters.
4. Bake at 3750 degrees until light brown

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