Civil War Hardtack

7 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Mix well with a fork
  • 4 cups flour, see note
  • 2 tablespoons fat, see note
  • 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, see note
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda, see note
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Directions

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    ["Flour: preferably not white.", "Fat: Lard, Crisco will do but be FARB.", "Cream of Tartar: a powder which, mixed with baking soda, makes baking powder. Should be in the baking section or spices.", "Saleratus is baking soda. This was the term used for 1 tsp baking soda. It read 1 tsp saleratus -- sort of. Measurements were different. Everyone knew what size an eggs sized lump of butter was or a handful of flour.", "Mix well with a fork the flour, fat and cream of tartar. Set aside. Dissolve the saleratus and salt in the water.", "Combine liquid and dry ingredients; mix well. Roll out dough 3/8\" thick (up to a half-inch is okay too) with a rolling pin. Cut into 3\"" x 3\"" squares. Use a 1/8\"" dowel to put 16 holes in each cracker in a 4 x 4 pattern.""

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