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.

White Bread

19 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

Bread with Compressed (Quick Method)

YEAST 1 cake compressed yeast (see note) 3 quarts Five Roses flour 1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 quart lukewarm milk and water…

Compressed Yeast Recipe (Over Night)

1 cake compressed yeast 2 quarts water 6 quarts sifted Five Roses flour 2 tablespoonfuls lard or butter, melted 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 2…

Dry Yeast Bread

3 quarts Five Roses flour 1 tablespoon salt 4 cups lukewarm water 1 dry yeast cake. Let the yeast cake dissolve in ¼ cup lukewarm water for…

Two-Hour Bread

Take 1 pint of lukewarm water and soak 4 Royal Yeast Cakes. Put in 4 tablespoons of Five Roses flour. Set in warm place to raise. Cook 12…

Bread with Potato Yeast

Materials: 8 large potatoes 4 tablespoons Five Roses flour 4 tablespoons salt 4 tablespoons granulated sugar 4 cups boiling water 4 quarts…

Potato Yeast (with Mixer)

2 quarts potatoes YEAST 2 quarts boiling water Boil till tender and pour over 2 cups Five Roses flour 2 cups white sugar ½ cup salt Stir…

Bread with Potato Yeast (Short Process)

N. B. Many a batch of bread has been thrown to the pigs in this Northwestern country through some of the recipes calling for the yeast cake…

Quick Bread (Without Yeast)

1 quart Five Roses flour 1 teaspoon (heaping) cream of tartar 1 teaspoon (level) baking soda ½ teaspoon table salt ½ teacup shortening…

Milk Bread

1 cake compressed yeast 1 quart milk (scalded, then cooled) 3.quarts Five Roses flour (sifted) 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons lard or…

First Prize at County Fair (Makes 8 Loaves)

YEAST 1 cup Five Roses flour scalded with potato water at noon, and add 3 mashed potatoes. When cold, add 14 cakes of Royal Yeast…

Potato Yeast Bread

FIRST PRIZE FALL FAIR I took 1st prize for my bread at the Fall Fair this year, also for plain biscuits. At noon when getting dinner, pour…

Easy Recipe for Beginners (Over Night)

Take a quart sealer. Put in 1 yeast cake, 2 tablespoons sugar and the water drained from the potatoes cooked at dinner-time (allowed to get…

Homesteader's Prize Bread

Put a cup of loose hops in a muslin bag and boil them in 3 quarts of water for a few minutes. Have ready 1 quart of hot mashed potatoes…

Hop Yeast

Peel and grate 8 medium-sized potatoes, then add ½ cup salt, ½ cup sugar (granulated), 3 tablespoons Five Roses flour. Take 4 quarts water…

Making Pulled Bread

Take a loaf of bread when it is cooled just enough to handle and remove the crust on all sides. Pull the loaf apart in halves with the…

Bursting a Loaf Right

There are three ways of getting the loaf to burst properly. First, we have the ordinary way, in which the knife is held perpendicularly…

Left-Over Bread Crusts

Bread crusts added to a soup or stew and well-boiled will make the best of thickening, the whole being passed through a sieve to ensure…

Making Bread Crumbs

Cut the soft part from a stale loaf, put it into a clean muslin bag, tie the bag at the top and gently rub it with the hands for a few…

Bread Dust

Two or three times weekly spread leftover scraps upon a tin plate or baking pan and dry perfectly in moderate oven. Throw out soft or soggy…

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