Sugar Biscuit

Directions

1. Boil the milk; when it is lukewarm, dissolve in it half a yeast cake.
2. Measure in your pan 1 pound of flour; add 1 cup of sugar, 1 egg, 2 ounces of lard, the salt and the flavor.
3. Mix these ingredients with the milk in which the yeast has been dissolved, and stir until the lumps are all gone.
4. After mixing thoroughly beat steadily for five minutes, sprinkle a little flour over the top and set to rise.
5. Cover the sponge so it will be warm (when yeast is used, mix with the milk and add the yeast last, beating thoroughly).
6. In the morning, add to the light sponge the other 1/2 cup of sugar and make into a soft dough (be careful not to make the dough stiff).
7. Let this rise again, and when light mold into small biscuits.
8. Set these to rise, letting them get quite light before baking.
9. When risen enough, bake in a hot oven until done (about thirty minutes).