Five Roses Cook Book

Two thousand Canadian cooks sent in their best recipes; the mill printed them, and put its own flour in every one.

Fancy Bread

29 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

Apple Bread

a quantity of apples (freshgathered, if possible), and boil them to a pulp. Mix with double its weight of Five Roses flour. Little or no…

Baking Powder Bread

Sift together thoroughly 1 quart Five Roses flour, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, and 8 teaspoons baking powder. Add enough water to…

Currant Loaf

Take 1 quart bread sponge (made from Five Roses flour). Break and mix into it 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1½ cup currants,½ cup peel, 1 cup lard…

Rhode Island Brown Bread

2 cups corn meal 1½ cups rye meal 1 egg 1 cup molasses 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 quart milk. Mix and…

Brown Bread (Yeast)

1 cup yeast or ¼ cake dissolved in 1 cup water (liquid yeast preferred) 3 cups scalded milk 1 or 2 tablespoons molasses 2 small teaspoons…

Quick Brown Bread

1 cup brown sugar 2 cups buttermilk (or sour milk) 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt (small) Graham flour Mix stiff like Johnnie cake…

Brown Bran Bread

Mix 1 or 2 yeast cakes with 1 pint warm water and Five Roses flour to batter same as for white bread. Let stand 3 hours or more to rise…

Brown Bread (Rolled Wheat)

Scald 1 pint rolled wheat (or rolled oats). Let stand 1 hour, then mix and knead with 3 pints Five Roses flour, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 cup…

Brown Raisin Bread

1 tablespoon brown sugar. 1½ cups molasses (black) 1 egg 1 tablespoon butter (melted) 1 teaspoon salt 1½ cups sour milk 1 teaspoon soda…

Steamed Brown Bread (Home-Made Boston Brown Bread)

1 large tablespoon cooking molasses 2 tablespoons brown sugar ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups Graham flour 1 cup Five Roses flour 2 cups buttermilk…

Steamed Brown Bread

3 cups sour milk 1 cup molasses 1 egg ½ cup raisins 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon (heaping) soda 1 cup Graham flour 1 cup Indian meal 1½ cups…

Corn Bread

1 cup corn meal 1 cup Five Roses flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon soda ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk or water…

Date Bread

1½ cups sweet milk 4 cups Five Roses flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 lb. stoned dates 1 cup chopped walnuts. Put in…

Fruit Bread

2 cups sweet milk 2 cakes yeast ½ teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons lard 4 tablespoons sugar 1½ cups fruit cut fine Five Roses flour. Scald the…

Griddle Bread

1 pound Five Roses flour 1 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon soda Pinch of salt Sour milk. Knead into stiff loaf and flatten on floured griddle…

Honey Bread (Boston Cooking School Recipe)

1 yeast cake 1 cup scalded milk ¼ pound butter ¼ pound sugar Pinch of salt 1 egg (well-beaten). Dissolve yeast cake in scalded milk, then…

Honey Mixture

½ pound walnut meats (chopped finely) ¼ pound seeded raisins (cut finely) 1 cup honey.

Nut Bread

4 cups Five Roses flour 4 teaspoons (heaping) baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ⅙ cup granulated sugar (or 1 cup brown) 1 cup chopped nut meats…

Nut Brown Bread

¾ cup Graham flour ¾ cup Fives Roses flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 cup sweet milk Pinch of salt…

Oatmeal Bread

1 cup rolled oatmeal 1 pint boiling water ½ cup molasses 1 quart Five Roses flour compressed yeast cake dissolved in cup warm water or 1…

Rice Bread

Simmer slowly, over a gentle fire, 1 lb. rice in 3 quarts of water till the rice has become perfectly soft and the water is either…

Southern Rice Bread

⅔ pint boiled rice 3 eggs 1 tablespoon butter and lard (mixed) 2 cups white corn meal 1 teaspoon baking powder Sweet milk to make thin…

Good Old-Fashioned Scotch Oat Bread

Take 1 cup standard oatmeal, 1 cup Five Roses flour, 1 small teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder. Rub in butter size of an English…

Pumpkin Bread

1½ cups white corn meal 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sour milk 1 cup baked pumpkin or squash 1 egg (well-beaten) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon…

Rye Bread

1 cup scalded milk 1 cup boiling water 1 tablespoon lard 1 tablespoon butter ⅓ cup brown sugar 1½ teaspoons salt yeast cake dissolved in ¼…

Salt-Rising Bread (No. 1)

At 6 o'clock a.m. mix 1 cup cornmeal with enough cold water to wet it. Stir this into 1 pint boiling water. Let boil 5 minutes, stirring…

Salt-Rising Bread (No. 2)

(Over Night) The night before you contemplate baking this bread, take½ cup cornmeal and a pinch of salt and sugar. Scald with new milk…

Unleavened Bread

To 3 cups of Five Roses flour add 1 teaspoon salt. Mix into a stiff dough with milk or water. Roll out thin, and cut into rounds with a…

Whole Wheat Bread

2 cups Five Roses flour 2 teaspoons soda 2 teaspoons salt 2 cups graham flour 4 cups whole wheat meal ½ cup molasses Buttermilk. Into a…

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