Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

BROWN BREAD. MRS. MARY DICKERSON.

Three cups of sweet milk, three cups of graham flour, one and one-half

cups of corn meal, one cup of molasses, one teaspoon of salt, one

teaspoon of soda. Steam for three hours in four one pound baking

powder cans, with the covers on.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD. MRS. JOHN ROBINSON.

One and one-half pints sour milk, one cup baking molasses, two

teaspoonfuls soda (one in the milk, one in the molasses); beat well

before putting together. One teaspoonful salt, four cups graham

flour, one teaspoonful baking powder in the flour. Steam two and

one-half hours; remove the lids, and set in the oven one-half hour.

Five canfuls.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD. MRS. S. E. BARLOW.

One and one-half pints sour milk, one cup baking molasses, scant

teaspoon soda in each; foam separately. Pour cups graham flour, one

teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon salt. Put in one pound baking

powder cans; steam two and one-half hours, and bake half hour.

CORN BREAD. MRS. SAMUEL SAITER.

Mix together one and two-third cups corn meal, one-third cup flour,

one-fourth cup sugar, one teaspoonful salt. Beat two eggs until light,

and add to them one cup sour milk, and one cup sweet milk in which one

teaspoonful soda has been dissolved; mix thoroughly. Have the frying

pan very hot, with two tablespoonfuls butter; pour the batter into it;

then pour into this mixture another cup of sweet milk, but do not stir

the cake. Place pan into hot oven, and bake one-half hour.

CORN BREAD. MRS. SALMON.

Two heaping cups corn meal, one heaping cup flour, two teaspoons

baking powder sifted with flour, whites and yolks of three eggs beaten

separately, two and one-half cups sweet milk, one tablespoon melted

butter, one tablespoon white sugar, one teaspoon salt. Bake steadily

in a moderately hot oven.

CORN BREAD. MRS. A. C. AULT.

One and one-half pints corn meal, one-half pint flour, one

tablespoonful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two heaping teaspoons

baking powder, one tablespoonful lard, one and one-fourth pints milk,

two eggs. Sift together corn meal, flour, sugar, salt, and baking

powder; rub in lard cold; add the egg; mix to a moderately stiff

batter. Bake in rather hot oven thirty minutes.

CORN BREAD. MRS. C. H. WILLIAMS.

Two cups sweet milk, one egg, one and one-half teacups wheat flour,

two teacups Indian meal, two tablespoonfuls sugar, a little salt, four

teaspoonfuls cream tartar put in with flour, two teaspoonfuls soda

dissolved in warm water; add this last. Bake in gem pans in a quick

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