1 pint of milk.
Put the meal into a bowl, and pour over it just enough boiling water to scald it; do not make it soft; let stand until cool. Then add the milk; beat the eggs until very light, add them to the batter, add the flour and salt in which the baking powder has been sifted. Mix well, beat vigorously for a minute or two, and bake on a hot griddle.
BREAD GRIDDLE CAKES.
1 pt. of milk.
1/2 tsp. of salt.
1/2 tsp. of soda and 1 tsp. cream tartar.
3 (l.) tsps. baking powder.
1/2 pt. stale bread crumbs.
2 eggs.
Flour to make a thin batter.
Soak the bread in the milk for one hour, then beat it smooth. Beat the eggs separately till very light, add first the yolks, then the flour and salt and baking powder. Beat again, add the whites, and bake quickly on a hot griddle.
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
1 pt. boiling water.
1/2 tsp. salt.
1/2 cup white flour.
1 ssp. soda.
1/2 cup corn or Graham meal.
1/4 yeast cake.
1 cup buckwheat flour.
Pour the boiling water on the corn or Graham meal, add the salt, and when lukewarm add the flour, beat until smooth, then add the yeast.
Let it rise over night. In the morning add the soda just before baking (milk may be used instead of water). A tablespoonful of mola.s.ses is sometimes added in order to make the cakes a darker brown.
FRITTERS.
Beat two eggs together until light, add to them 1 cup of milk, 1/2 tsp. salt and sufficient flour to make a batter that will drop from the spoon. Beat until smooth. Have ready a deep pan of hot fat; add 3 (l.) tsps. of baking powder to the batter, mix thoroughly and drop by spoonfuls into the hot fat. When brown on one side turn and brown on the other; take out with a skimmer and serve very hot. Do not pierce with a fork as it allows the steam to escape and makes the fritter heavy.
GEMS--WHOLE WHEAT OR GRAHAM GEMS.
2 cups of whole wheat flour.
1/2 tsp. salt.
1 tbsp. sugar.
2 eggs, beaten separately.
1 cup milk.
1 cup water.
Mix flour, salt and sugar. Beat the eggs until light, add the milk and water, stir this into the dry mixture. Bake in hot gem pans for 30 minutes.
CORN m.u.f.fINS.
1 cup cornmeal.
1 cup flour.
1-1/4 cups milk.
2 tbsps. b.u.t.ter.
2 tbsps. sugar.
1/2 tsp. salt.
2-1/2 tsps. baking powder.
1 egg.
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Melt the b.u.t.ter in a hot cup.
Beat the egg till light. Add the milk to it and turn this mixture into the bowl containing the dry ingredients. Add the melted b.u.t.ter and beat vigorously and quickly. Pour into b.u.t.tered m.u.f.fin or gem pans, and bake for one-half hour in a moderate oven.
QUICK m.u.f.fINS OR GEMS.
1 pt. of milk.
1 oz. b.u.t.ter.
3 cups of flour.
4 tsps. baking powder.
1 tsp. salt.
3 eggs.
Beat the eggs separately till light, add the yolks to the milk, then the flour, which must be more or less, according to the quality. The batter must be thin and pour from the spoon. Now add the melted b.u.t.ter and salt; give the whole a vigorous beating. Now add the baking powder and the well beaten whites, stir till thoroughly mixed. Bake in m.u.f.fin rings in a quick oven or on the griddle.
TEA BISCUIT.
1 pt. of flour.
1 cup milk.
2-1/2 tsps. baking powder.
1/2 tsp. salt.
1 tbsp. lard or b.u.t.ter.
1/2 tsp. sugar.
Mix thoroughly in a sieve the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder, and rub through the sieve. Rub the b.u.t.ter or lard into this mixture.
Now add the milk, stirring quickly with a strong spoon. Sprinkle the board with flour, turn out the dough upon it. Roll to the thickness of about 1/2 inch, cut with a small cutter. Bake in a quick oven. Do not crowd the biscuit in the pan. They should bake from 10 to 15 minutes.
(All biscuit doughs should be mixed as soft as it is possible to handle. Sour milk may be used in this recipe by subst.i.tuting soda for the baking powder.)
HOT CORN BREAD.
1 qt. of cornmeal.
1 tsp. of salt.
1 pt. sour milk or b.u.t.termilk.
1 oz. of b.u.t.ter.
2 eggs.
1 tsp. of soda.
Put the cornmeal in a large bowl and pour over it just enough boiling water to scald it through. Let it stand until cold, then add the eggs well beaten, the milk or b.u.t.termilk, salt, and b.u.t.ter (melted); beat thoroughly. Dissolve the soda in two tbsps. of boiling water, stir into the mixture, turn quickly into a greased square, shallow pan, put into a hot oven and bake 40 minutes.