Breads, Biscuits, Etc.
Virginia Corn Bread
Dissolve 1 tablespoonful of butter in 3½ pints of boiling milk; stir in 1 quart of corn-meal; when cool add ½ pint of wheat flour, I…
Corn-Meal Dodgers
Mix together 1 quart of corn-meal and 1 teaspoonful of salt then rub in 1/2 tablespoonfuls of shortening, working it in thoroughly with the…
Carolina Corn-Meal Rolls
Mix 1 pint of finely ground white corn-meal and 1 scant tablespoonful of salt. Drop in ½ of a tablespoonful of butter and pour over…
Rhode Island Johnny Cake
Use white, soft ground meal, not the usual granulated variety. For each cupful add ¼ of a teaspoonful of salt. Dampen with boiling water…
Spider Corn Cake
When one possesses an old-fashioned, heavy iron frying-pan or spider it will be found just the thing for a spider corn cake. To make this…
Baps
Sift 4 pounds of flour into a basin, melt 4 ounces of butter in 1/2 pints of sweet milk, make a space in the center of the flour and pour…
Southern Rice Bread
Put 2 cupfuls of boiled rice in a bowl, add 2 cupfuls of milk and the well-beaten yolks of 4 eggs. Sift in gradually 1 cupful of flour, add…
Johnny Cake
Scald 1 pint of milk in a double boiler. Sift in 2/3 of a cupful of corn-meal which has been mixed with 11/½ teaspoonfuls of salt. Stir…
Heat
Use buttermilk which is not too sour. 1 quart of it to the boiling point, stirring frequently to prevent curdling. Add 1 tablespoonful of…
Southern Hominy Bread
Measure and cook 1 cupful of fine hominy. When tender take from the fire and let stand for ten minutes, then add 2 well-beaten eggs, I…
Southern Egg Bread
Three pints of soft ground white meal, 1 pint of buttermilk, 2 eggs, 1 scant teacupful of lard, 1 teaspoonful of soda, ½ of a teaspoonful…
Sour Milk Griddle Cakes
Beat 2 eggs very light without separating, and add to them 2 cupfuls of thick sour milk, to which has been added 1 teaspoonful of soda…
Bread Griddle Cakes
Put stale bread through the food chopper until 1 pint of crumbs has been obtained. Add enough cold water to just moisten them, and let…
Green Corn Griddle Cakes
One pint of grated corn, 1/2 cupful of milk, 1/2 cupful of flour, 1 scant tablespoonful of melted butter, 2 eggs, 14 teaspoonful of salt, a…
Slappers
"Slappers" or "slap-jacks" are the old-fashioned Indian cakes baked on a griddle. To make them, put in a bowl the night before 1 pint I2I…
Parsnip Pancakes
Scrape and boil enough parsnips to measure 3 cupfuls when mashed. Stir into this pulp 1 quart of scalded milk; add 1 tablespoonful of…
Pop Overs
One egg, white and yolk beaten separately, 1 cupful of milk, 1 cupful of flour, a pinch of salt. Mix salt and flour; add milk gradually, in…
Oatmeal Scones
To 1 cupful of well cooked oatmeal add 1 cupful of milk, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Then add a pinch of salt, 2 teaspoonfuls of…
Hermits
One-third cupful of butter, 2/3 cupful of sugar, 1 egg, 2 tablespoonfuls of water, 1 teaspoonful of condensed milk, 134 cupfuls of flour, 2…
Drop Biscuit
Into 1 quart of sifted flour mix 1/2 of a teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of sugar and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and sift again…
Parker House Rolls
Two cupfuls of scalded milk, 3 tablespoonfuls of butter or lard, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of salt, I yeast cake dissolved…
Hominy Crumpets
Scald and cool 1 pint of milk, add ½ of a cake of compressed yeast dissolved in 2 tablespoonfuls of warm water, 1 tablespoonful of sugar, I…
Sour Cream Crullers
Beat 2 eggs without separating, add 1 cupful of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and ¼ of a teaspoonful of mace or nutmeg. Sift ½ of a…
Potato Biscuit
Boil some potatoes which have been pared the night before. When done put through the ricer into a bowl. Beat, adding to each pint 3…
Quick Potato Biscuits
Mix and sift together 1 cupful of flour, 1 cupful of corn-starch, 1 teaspoonful of salt, and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Have ready 4…
Potato Tea Cakes
Boil, skin and press through a sieve 4 large mealy potatoes. Add 2 well-beaten eggs and 1 teaspoonful of salt then stir in 1 pint of milk…
Fruit Muffins
Fruit muffins make a good variation as a hot bread. Beat thoroughly 2 eggs; add 1/2 cupful of milk, ½ teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful…
Corn-Meal Muffins
Mix together 1 pint of flour, 1 cupful of fine corn-meal and 1/2 of a teaspoonful of salt. Cream together 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and…
Rye Muffins
Sift together 3 cupfuls of rye flour, 1 cupful of corn-meal, 1 teaspoonful each of salt and sugar and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. In I…
Hominy Muffins
Break up fine with a fork 1 cupful of cold boiled hominy, add ½ of a teaspoonful of salt, 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar, 2 well-beaten eggs, 2…
Plain Waffles
Sift together 2 heaping cupfuls of flour, ¼ of a teaspoonful of salt and 12 of a teaspoonful of baking-powder. Add the beaten yolks of 2…
Hominy Waffles
To 1 cupful of boiled hominy freed from lumps add 1 pint of milk which has been scalded and cooled, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1/2 of a…
Sour Cream Waffles
Sift together 1/4 cupfuls of flour, ¼ of a teaspoonful of salt and 1/2 of a teaspoonful of baking-soda. Add the beaten yolks of 2 eggs…
Old Virginia Waffles
Mix 1 quart of milk with ¾ of a cupful of flour and ¼ of a cupful of corn-meal. Add 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 tablespoonful of melted…
Southern Waffles
From the mush of white corn-meal left from breakfast take 1 cupful and mix with it ½ of a cupful of cream and 1 cupful of milk. Add the…
Martha Washington Waffles
Beat 6 eggs very light, stir into 1 quart of flour, add 3 cupfuls of milk, 1 teaspoonful of salt and 3 tablespoonfuls or 1/4 of a cake-of…
Hominy Griddle Cakes
Break fine 1 cupful of cold hominy, add I wellbeaten egg, 1 pint of milk, 1/2 of a teaspoonful of salt, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and…
Ginger Bread
One cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of molasses, 1 cupful of sour milk, 2½ cupfuls of flour, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 egg, 3 tablespoonfuls of…
Sour Cream Gingerbread
One cupful of sour cream, 1 cupful of molasses, ½ cupful brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger, a scant 1/2…