Cook Book

A cookbook you were meant to finish yourself — every recipe page faces a blank leaf for your own.

Baking Powder Breads

12 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Popovers

Sift together one cup of sifted flour, one-fourth teaspoon of salt; gradually beat in a cup of milk and an egg beaten until light. Beat two…

Batter Cakes

Beat thoroughly one teaspoon of soda with one and one-half pints of sour milk. Beat the yolks of three eggs and add to the milk, then stir…

Breakfast Puffs

Boil a pint of milk with a quarter of a pound of butter. Stir in three-quarters of a pound of flour and let cool. Beat the whites and yolks…

Flannel Cakes

Beat two eggs in a bowl and add a teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of sugar and a pint and a half of milk, with a teaspoon of cream tartar…

Snow Balls

Beat the whites of four eggs. Mix one cup of cream, two tablespoons of sugar, a teaspoon of baking powder and flour to make a batter, and…

Cream Waffles

Beat two eggs with a pint of sour cream; add a teaspoon of soda, half a teaspoon of salt, with flour to make a thin batter. Pour in…

Scones

Sift one quart of flour; add half a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, a tablespoon of lard, one beaten egg, two teaspoons of cream…

Buttermilk Biscuits

Sift a quart of flour, add a tablespoon of lard, half a teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of soda, sour buttermilk to make soft dough, roll…

Egg Biscuits

Sift a pint and a half of flour, add a teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of sugar, two beaten eggs, a tablespoon of lard and half a pint of…

Corn Cakes

Put a pint of meal in a bowl, mix through it a teaspoon of salt and pour over it enough fiercely boiling water just to moisten the mass…

Rice Waffles

One and three-fourths cups of flour, two-thirds of a cup of cold boiled rice, one and one-fourth cups of milk, two tablespoons of sugar…

Spoon Bread (southern dish)

One pint of coarse white corn meal, one dessertspoon of salt, lard size of a walnut, one egg, whites and yolks beaten separately, and milk…

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