A Calendar of Dinners

Marion Harris Neil's calendar of dinners — a year of menus and 615 recipes, one Crisco kitchen at a time.

Breads

40 recipes in this part of A Calendar of Dinners.

Baking Powder Biscuits

2 cupfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder (Amount of baking powder may be increased if especially raised…

Best Jumbles

2 cupfuls sugar 1 cupful Crisco 4 eggs 4 cupfuls flour 3 tablespoonfuls milk 1 teaspoonful salt 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful…

Boston Brown Bread

1 cupful rye meal 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful cornmeal 1 cupful graham flour 3/4 tablespoonful baking soda 1/3…

Bran Gems

1/2 cupful bran 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 tablespoonful whole wheat flour 1/2 cupful white flour 1/2 cupful milk 1 saltspoonful salt 1 egg…

Brown Nut Bread

4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 eggs 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful sour milk 2/3 cupful New Orleans molasses 1 1/2 cupfuls flour 1 1/2 cupfuls…

Buttermilk Biscuits

1 quart flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful baking soda 1 teaspoonful baking power 1 egg 3/4 pint buttermilk…

Chocolate Brownies

1 cupful sugar 6 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 eggs 2 squares chocolate 1/3 teaspoonful salt 1/2 cupful flour 1 cupful chopped English…

Chocolate Wafers

1 cupful sugar 5 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 1/4 cake chocolate 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoonful baking soda 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla…

Citron Buns

1 yeast cake 6 tablespoonfuls sugar 3/4 cupful Crisco 1/2 cupful raisins 1/4 cupful chopped citron peel 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 1…

Coffee Bread

3/4 cupful milk 1/2 cupful melted Crisco 1/2 cake compressed yeast 1 teaspoonful salt 2 eggs 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 1/4…

Columbia Muffins

3 tablespoonfuls sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 egg 1 1/2 cupfuls milk 1 teaspoonful salt 3 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 3 1/2 cupfuls…

Corn Bread

1 cupful cornmeal 2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1 cupful flour 1/2 cupful sugar 1 cupful sour cream 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda 1/2…

Cornmeal Rolls

1 1/4 cupfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 egg 1/2 cupful milk 1 tablespoonful sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3/4 cupful cornmeal 4…

Cream Scones

2 cupfuls flour 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 teaspoonfuls sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 2 eggs 1/3 cupful cream 1…

Crisco Brownies

1/3 cupful sugar 1/3 cupful Crisco 1/3 cupful molasses 2 eggs 1 cupful flour 1 cupful chopped nut meats 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1/2…

Crisco Batter Cakes

3 eggs 1/2 cupful melted Crisco 1 cupful flour 1 cupful buttermilk 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful…

Crisco Milk Bread

3 tablespoonfuls sugar 3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 tablespoonfuls salt 1 yeast cake 1 quart milk About 7 pints flour Mix yeast cake…

Dessert Biscuits

1 cupful confectioners' sugar 1 cupful Crisco 1 cupful flour 5 whites of eggs 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 teaspoonful salt Cream…

Entire Wheat Bread

1 1/4 cupfuls boiling water 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 1/4 cupfuls milk 2 teaspoonfuls salt 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 yeast cake 1/4 cupful…

Excellent Graham Bread

2 cupfuls graham flour 4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1/2 cupful flour 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1 1/2 cupfuls sour milk 1/4 cupful sugar…

Filled Cookies

1 egg 1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 cupful milk or cream 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 teaspoonful baking soda 2 teaspoonfuls…

For Filling (Cupful chopped raisins)

1 cupful chopped raisins 1 tablespoonfuls flour 1/2 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful water 1/2 cupful chopped walnut meats For cookies. Cream Crisco…

Fried Cornmeal Nut Cakes

2 cupfuls yellow cornmeal 2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 3 cupfuls boiling water 1 teaspoonful salt 1 egg 1/2 cupful chopped nut meats…

Fried Cakes with Apple Sauce

1 cupful sugar 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3 cupfuls sour milk 1/4 teaspoonful grated nutmeg 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 1 teaspoonful baking…

Fruit Cookies

1 teaspoonful salt 2 cupfuls brown sugar 1 cupful Crisco 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 cupful chopped English walnut meats 3 eggs 1…

Fruit Drop Cakes

1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful salt 4 tablespoonfuls currants 4 tablespoonfuls…

Fruit Rolls

1 cupful milk 1 yeast cake 1/4 cupful lukewarm water 1/4 cupful sugar 1/4 cupful melted Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls salt 2 eggs 1/2 cupful…

Ginger Snaps

2 cupfuls molasses 1 cupful brown sugar 1 cupful Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking soda 2 teaspoonfuls powdered ginger 1 teaspoonful powdered…

Ginger Gems

1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 3/4 cupful chopped preserved ginger 2 eggs 1 cupful milk 3 cupfuls flour 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2…

Gluten Bread

2 cupfuls scalded milk 2 cupfuls boiling water 2 teaspoonfuls salt 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/4 cupful warm water 1/2 yeast cake 3…

Golden Corn Muffins

1 cupful flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful yellow cornmeal 3 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 cupful milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful salt 3…

Hominy Bread for Breakfast

3 cupfuls cooked hominy 2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1 1/2 cupfuls cornmeal 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful salt 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2…

Health Bread

2 cupfuls flour 3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 cupfuls whole wheat flour 2 cupfuls bran 1 teaspoonful salt 1/2 cupful sugar 1 egg 2…

Honey Doughnuts

3 eggs 1/2 cupful sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 1/2 cupfuls honey 1 cupful sour milk 1 teaspoonful baking soda 1 teaspoonful cream of…

Hot Cross Buns

1/4 cupful sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 teaspoonful salt 3/4 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger 1 egg 1/2 yeast…

Imperial Muffins

1/2 cupful scalded milk 1/4 cupful sugar 1/4 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful salt 1/3 yeast cake 3/4 cupful lukewarm water 1 3/4 cupful flour 1…

Lemon Wafers

2 eggs 2 cupfuls sugar 2 cupfuls Crisco 2 cupfuls milk 5 cents baker's ammonia 5 cents oil of lemon Flour to make stiff dough 2…

Lunch Rolls

1 yeast cake 1 1/4 cupfuls milk 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 4 cupfuls flour 1 egg 1 teaspoonful salt Scald and cool the…

Maple Cookies

1 egg 1 cupful sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful sour cream 1 teaspoonful baking soda 3 tablespoonfuls hot water 1/2 teaspoonful salt…

Maryland Beaten Biscuits

4 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful salt Milk Water Mix and sift flour and salt. Cut Crisco in with knife or work in lightly…

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