Cooking for Two

A handbook for two at table, 1909 — Janet MacKenzie Hill scales the whole art of cookery down to the newlywed kitchen.

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads

9 pages in this part of Cooking for Two.

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads

THE cooking of grains, as mush or porridge, is of comparatively recent date, but the grinding of grains into meal of flour and mixing the…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Proportions

PROPORTIONS OF SALT AND FLOUR. One-fourth a teaspoonful of salt is needed to each cup of flour, except when shortening that has been…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Baking

PROPORTIONS OF SODA AND CREAM OF TARTAR. Half a level teaspoonful of soda and a level teaspoonful and one-fourth of cream of tartar…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Muffins

RYE MEAL MUFFINS (Sample Recipe) 1/2 cup of rye meal powder 1/2 cup of wheat flour 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar 1/3 to 1/2 cup of milk…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Corn

DELICATE CORN MEAL MUFFINS 1/2 cup of corn meal 2 teaspoonfuls of baking pow- 1/2 cup of boiling water der 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Milk

BLACKBERRY ROLY POLY 1 pint of blackberries 1/2 teaspoonful (scant) of salt 1/4 cup of water 1/4 cup of shortening 3/4 cup of sugar Yolk of…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Cake

STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE 1 1/4 cups of pastry flour 1/4 cup of shortening 1/4 cup of potato flour or corn- Milk as needed starch Butter to…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Sift

HOT APPLE TRIANGLES 2 cups of flour 1/3 cup of sweet milk 1/4 cup of sugar 1 apple, pared and cut in 3 level teaspoonfuls of baking eighths…

Flour Mixtures: Quick Breads: Griddle

CORN MEAL GRIDDLE CAKES 1/2 cup of corn meal 1 tablespoonful of sugar 2/3 cup of flour 1 egg, beaten light 2 1/2 level teaspoonfuls of bak…

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