INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift the flour once and measure out 4 cups.  Then soften the yeast in 1/4
cup warm water.  Combine with the remaining water and add to the flour.
Beat well.  Cover this mixture and let stand in a warm place overnight. In
the morning add baking soda and salt dissolved in 2 tablespoons warm water.
Add lard and beat well.  Then add the other 3 cups of flour gradually,
mixing until smooth after each addition. Cover and let rise again until
double in volume.
Then turn on to a lightly floured board and knead until the dough is smooth
and elastic and not sticky to touch.  Divide into small portions and roll
each out into a thin sheet.  Cut with a cookie cutter and prick each one
well with a fork.  Bake in an oven about 500F. until a delicate brown.
Soda crackers are as old as the hills, but if you look in a recipe book to
find how to make them, you may look in vain.
Submitted by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN
16    April 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "John M. Hartman" <Hartman@indy.net> on Feb
27, 1998

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