Clabber Girl, of course!
Clabber Girl in Terre Haute, Indiana
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| Clabber Girl Bake Shop |
And if you're in Terre Haute, I highly recommend the Clabber Girl Bake Shop.
We breakfasted there when we stayed in Terre Haute last week on our way home from visiting
Cass and Howard
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| Too many choices! |
Mostly bake shop items but there is also gravy and some egg dishes
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| And more choices! |
And a pastry case full of baked goodies. (All made with Clabber Girl baking powder)
Our choice?
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| Good choice! |
Biscuits, of course. Because their whole name is often "BAKING POWDER" Biscuits! What else to have at the Clabber Girl Bake Shop which is attached to where baking powder is made!
There's also a museum next door to the Bake Shop
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| Love 1940s kitchens! |
I loved the 1940's kitchen! Look at the stove and fridge!
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| A store of yesterday year. |
And the old fashioned store. With shelves of canned goods.
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| Reminded me of my grandfather's butcher shop |
A case for fresh meat (which also could be cut to order . . . and not encased in plastic!)
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| bread looks freshly baked! |
And loaves of fresh bread for sale.
Did I bring home a souvenir? Of course!
A can of Clabber Girl baking powder. THE baking powder of choice at Linderhof. And it always has been. I would have needed a new can soon and this can will be special -- bought from the Clabber Girl herself!
And . . . I got the recipe for the biscuits. They're big biscuits and were very tasty! I must admit that it wasn't "hush, hush" and the "secret" recipe passed to me written on a napkin in pencil. No, it was a printed copy that they give to anyone who asks!
CLABBER GIRL BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
2 cups flour
1 T. Clabber Girl Baking Powder
2 t. sugar
1/2 t. cream of tartar
1/4 t. salt
1/2 cup shortening, margarine or butter
2/3 c. milk
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour, Clabber Girl Baking Powder, sugar, cream of tartar and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in center; add milk all at once. Using a fork, stir just till moistened.
On a lightly floured surface, knead dough for 10 to 12 strokes or till the dough is nearly smooth. Pat or lightly roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut dough with a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, dipping the cutter into flour between cuts.
Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a 450 oven for 10 to 12 minutes or till golden. Serve warm.
10 comments:
Who knew? Terre Haute?!? This would be a nice "Day Trip" for us!
I wonder if the cream of tartar isn't the "secret" to these biscuits? I have a sugar cookie recipe with it in...and I think it is ITS secret.
We'll have to try both shop and biscuits---the C of T languishes on the shelf, awaiting only meringue, I think. And you DO have to replenish, for it seems to fade like corner-lost Clabber Girl.
Terre Haute is very close, but I've never heard of this place---sounds fun and just right for an afternoon's stop.
I always love being along on your adventures!
rachel
for some reason I'm thinking of prairie home companion (powder milk biscuits) and also how as a young bride I did not know the difference between baking soda and baking powder. The result was memorable --think explosion in oven!
I'd never heard of 'Clabber Girl' baking powder here in the UK. The biscuits look fab, and I LOVE the graphics on the tin :o)
Best wishes
Rose H
I always use Clabber Girl! What a wonderful place you found. Did you bump into it or know ahead to seek it. It looks like a great place to visit!
Clabber Girl from Terra Haute and, then, there's Rumsford from Rhode Island!!
Best,
Bonnie
Bookie -- we stumbled into it looking for places to eat on trip advisor. Then I looked at their website and KNEW I had to go!
What a great stop.
Near my ILL hometown! Yes, I have been there and really enjoyed it and lunch..came away with a mug that sits on the stove at 1515.
I buy Clabber Girl baking powder, too, right here in good ol' New Jersey!
That Clabber Girl gets around, doesn't she?
I never knew there was an actual bakery associated with the brand; how very cool.
Cass
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