Oatmeal Gems
1 pinch Salt, 2 cups Rolled Oats, 1/4 cup Sugar, 1½ cup sour Milk, Flour, sufficient. 1 teaspoonful The Great "Arm & Hammer" Soda. 1 Egg, 2 teaspoonfuls Butter or Lard, Mix the rolled oats with sufficient cold water to soak them and set away in earthen bowl or crock over night. In the morning dissolve The Great "Arm & Hammer" Soda (or Saleratus) in the sour milk (or buttermilk), beat the egg and sugar together until light, and pour all into bowl with oats, adding enough wheat flour to make a soft batter; then put in the melted butter or lard. Mix thoroughly. Bake in greased hot gem molds. Molasses or syrup may be used instead of the sugar.