The quantity here given may be steamed in four baking-powder boxes in two hours.
[Illustration: Boston Brown Bread.] [Illustration: Bread cut for Sandwiches.] =Baking-Powder Biscuit.= Pass through the sieve two or three times four cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, and, for each cup of flour, two level teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.

With the tips of the fingers work into the flour one-third a cup of butter.

When the mixture looks like meal, mix in gradually nearly one pint of milk, cutting the dough with a knife until well mixed.

When it is of a consistency to handle, turn out on to a well-floured board, toss with the knife in the flour, then pat out into a sheet half an inch thick, and cut into rounds.

Let the heat of the oven be moderate at first, and increase after the dough has risen.