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Colonial Butter Biscuits

Butter Biscuits – 1798

Thoughts: True to their name, these are quite buttery. More what we might think of as modern rolls rather than biscuits, they …

Emptins

Emptins / Ale Barm

Emptins, from “emptyings”, are the colonial American equivalent to the older Ale Barm. Both are made from the leftover yeasty dregs of …