Show Puff Paste Into one quart of sifted flour mix two teaspoons of baking powder and a teaspoon of salt then sift again Measure out one teacup of butter and one of lard hard and cold Take the lard and rub into the flour until a very fine smooth pasto then put In just enough Ice water say half a cup containing con-taining a beaten egg the white of tho egg to mix a very stiff dough Roll It out Into a thin sheet spread with onefourth of the butter sprinkle over with a little flour then roll up closely In a long roll like a scroll Double the ends toward the center flatten and reroll then spread again with another quarter of the butter Repeat this operation until the butter Is used up put It on an earthen dish cover it with a cloth and set It In a cold place In the Ice box In summer Let it remain re-main until cold an hour or more before be-fore making out the crust You may roll this pastry In any direction but you must have nice flour Ice water and very little of It |