Fat Rascals Recipe (25 Minutes)

A book about the U.S. national parks would not be complete without mentioning Theodore Roosevelt, who is known as the “conservationist president.” During his administration, he helped protect an estimated 230 million acres of land; established 23 sites for the park system; and created federal bird reservations and game preserves, forerunners to today’s national wildlife refuges.

To honor his legacy, a park was named after him in North Dakota. Besides the outdoors, Roosevelt loved a good meal. He was particularly fond of his wife Edith’s “fat rascals”: poppable currant-studded biscuits that she would make for breakfast and snacking.