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.

The Breakfast Food

12 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

A Pure Wheat Breakfast Food

(Made by the Five Roses millers from the same wheat as the flour) WE did not ourselves appreciate the delicacy of taste and nutritive value…

As a Breakfast Cereal

To 1 cup of the cereal add 4 cups of cold water and 1 level teaspoon of salt. Cook over rather slow fire, stir to keep from settling. If…

B. F. Bread

7½ cups breakfast food 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1½ teaspoons salt 1 cake compressed yeast 1½ cups lukewarm water 1½ cups milk (scalded and…

For Sandwiches

A pleasing variation from the ordinary sandwich can readily be obtained by using slices of bread made with Lake of the Woods Breakfast…

B. F. Biscuits

1½ cups Five Roses flour 1½ cups breakfast food 3 teaspoons (heaping) baking powder 1½ tablespoons lard or butter 1 teaspoon (scant) salt…

B. F. Gems

2 cups Five Roses flour 1 cup breakfast food 1 egg 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix all together…

B. F. Muffins

1 cup hot milk 1 cup breakfast food ½ cup rolled oats ½ cup Five Roses flour (sifted) 1 cake compressed yeast ¼ cup lukewarm water 3…

B. F. Griddle Cakes

1½ cups breakfast food 1 cup sifted Five Roses flour 2 eggs 1 cake compressed yeast 2 cups milk (scalded and cooled) 2 tablespoons brown…

B. F. Pancakes

1 quart sour milk 2 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs. Mix with equal parts Five Roses flour and breakfast food to make smooth pancake…

B. F. Waffles

Lake of the Woods Breakfast Food makes delectable waffles by substituting 1½ cups of the cereal for the 2 cups of Five Roses flour in the…

A Breakfast Combination (a Welcome Change from Porridge)

Mix together 1 cup of the cereal, 1 of oatmeal and 1 of barley. Rub in about 2 ounces of good dripping and 2 tablespoons soft brown sugar…

Other Ways of Preparing the Cereal

A little ingenuity exercised in connection with the many favorite recipes enclosed in the Five Roses Cook Book will produce quite a variety…

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