Philathea Cook Book

A church class in Worcester, Massachusetts pooled its recipes in 1922 — and signed every one of them.

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Nut Bread (Cake yeast cup milk scalded)

1 cake yeast 1 cup milk, scalded and cooled 1 tbsp. sugar 3 cups flour 1/3 cup sugar 2 tbsp. lard white of egg 3/4 cut nuts 1/3 tsp. salt Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar in warm milk, add 11/4 cup flour and beat thoroughly. Cover and set aside in warm place 30 minutes. Add rest of sugar and lard creamed, white of egg beaten stiff, nuts, remainder of flour or enough to make dough, and salt, knead well. Place in bowl, cover and set aside for 21/2 hours until double in size, make in loaves and let rise 1 hour. Bake 45 minutes.

— Mrs. Hiram Gibbs

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