Orange Biscuits
- Title
- Orange Biscuits
- Subject
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- shortening
- orange rind
- milk
- orange juice
- Description
- Orange Biscuits
4 tblsp. shortening
2 cups sifted flour. - 1 " grated orange r.
2 tsp. Calumet - 2/3 cup milk. (about)
½ " salt. - 12 cubes cut sugar
2 tblsp. sugar - ¼ cup orange juice
Prepare as usual. cut in orange rind after
shortening. add milk. until soft. Roll ½ in+
cut small. on top of each biscuit place
x ½ cube of sugar dipped in orange juice
Bake in hot oven. 450 - Makes 24 Biscuits!
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# Orange Biscuits
## Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2 tsp Calumet (baking powder)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 4 Tbsp shortening
- 1 tsp grated orange rind
- 2/3 cup milk (about)
- 12 cubes cut sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice
## Instructions
1. Prepare as usual. Cut in orange rind after shortening.
2. Add milk until soft.
3. Roll 1/2 inch thick and cut small.
4. On top of each biscuit place 1/2 cube of sugar dipped in orange juice.
5. Bake in hot oven at 450°. Makes 24 biscuits. - Creator
- Alberta P. Thornton
- Source
- RCA0005 - VTG 175+ Recipes w Box Handwritten Clipped Breads Pies Casseroles Seafood Donut (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0005-20260528-0053
- Coverage
- Maine, US
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Collection
Tags
Citation
Alberta P. Thornton, “Orange Biscuits,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 30, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/908.