The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

Biscuits, Breakfast Cakes, Etc

48 recipes in this part of The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Baking Powder Biscuit II

2 cups bread flour 5 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup milk 1½ teaspoon salt Mix and bake as Baking Powder Biscuit I.

Emergency Biscuit

Use recipe for Baking Powder Biscuit I or II, with the addition of more milk, that mixture may be dropped from spoon without spreading…

Twin Mountain Muffins

1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup sugar 1½ teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 2 cups bread flour 5 teaspoons baking powder Cream the butter; add sugar and…

One Egg Muffins II

4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons melted butter 1 egg Mix and bake as One Egg Muffin I. Berry Muffins…

Berry Muffins II

4 teaspoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 cup berries Cream the butter; add gradually sugar and egg well beaten; mix and sift…

Queen of Muffins

1/2 cup milk (scant) 1½ cups flour 21½ teaspoons baking powder Mix and bake same as Twin Mountain Muffins. 21/4 cups flour 34 cup hot…

Rice Muffins

5 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons melted butter 1/2 teaspoon salt Mix and sift flour, sugar…

Oatmeal Muffins (Cup cooked oatmeal cups flour)

1 cup cooked oatmeal 1½ cups flour 2 tablespoons sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons melted…

Graham Muffins II

1 cup Graham or entire wheat flour 3/4 cup flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons melted butter 5 teaspoons…

Rye Muffins II

4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup molasses 11/4 cups milk 1 egg 1 tablespoon melted butter Mix and bake as Graham Muffins…

Rye Gems

12½ cups rye flour 1/4 cup molasses 1½ cups flour 1/4 cups milk 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons melted…

Corn Meal Gems

1½ cup corn meal 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 cup flour 1½ teaspoon salt 3 3 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg…

Hominy Gems

1/4 cup hominy 1 cup corn meal 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar 1½ cup boiling water 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup scalded milk 2 eggs 3…

Berkshire Muffins

1/2 teaspoon salt ½ cup scalded milk (scant) 1 egg 1 tablespoon melted butter 3 teaspoons baking powder Turn scalded milk on meal, let…

Golden Corn Cake

34 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 egg 5 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons melted butter Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk, egg well…

White Corn Cake

114 cups white corn meal 11/4 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Cream the butter; add sugar gradually; add milk…

Rich Corn Cake

1 cup corn meal 1 cup white flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 7% cup milk 14 cup melted butter 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 14 cup sugar Mix and…

Susie's Spider Corn Cake

11/4 cups corn meal 2 cups sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 2 tablespoons butter Mix soda, salt, and corn meal; gradually…

White Corn Meal Cake

1 cup scalded milk 1/2 cup white corn meal 1 teaspoon salt Add salt to corn meal, and pour on gradually milk. Turn into a buttered shallow…

Pop-overs

½ cup milk 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon melted butter Mix salt and flour; add milk gradually, in order to obtain a smooth batter. Add egg, beaten…

Graham Pop-overs

2/3 cup entire wheat flour 1/3 cup flour 7/8 cup milk 1 egg 14 teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoon melted butter Prepare and bake as Pop-overs.

Breakfast Puffs

1 cup flour 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water Mix milk and water; add gradually to flour, and beat with egg-beater until very light. Bake same as…

Fadges

1 cup entire wheat flour 1 cup cold water Add water gradually to flour, and beat with egg-beater until very light. Bake same as Pop-overs.

Zante Muffins

1/2 cup butter 2 cups corn meal 34 cup sugar 1 cup flour 3 eggs. 1 teaspoon salt 1½ cups milk 5 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup currants…

Maryland Biscuit

1 pint flour 1/3 cup lard 1 teaspoon salt Milk and water in equal quantities

Southern Pupil

Mix and sift flour and salt; work in lard with tips of fingers, and moisten to a stiff dough. Toss on slightly floured board, and beat with…

Sour Milk Griddle-cakes

2½ cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 2 cups sour milk 114 teaspoons soda Mix and sift flour, salt, and soda; add sour milk, and egg well…

Sweet Milk Griddle-cakes

3 cups flour 1½ tablespoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup sugar 2 cups milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons melted butter Mix and sift dry…

Entire Wheat Griddle-cakes

1½ cup entire wheat flour 1 cup flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon salt 1 egg 3 tablespoons sugar 114 cups milk 1 tablespoon…

Corn Griddle-cakes

2 cups flour 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn meal 1½ cups boiling water 1½ tablespoons baking powder 114 cups milk 1½ teaspoons salt 1 egg 2…

Rice Griddle-cakes II

1 cup milk 1 cup warm boiled rice 1/2 teaspoon salt Yolks 2 eggs Whites 2 eggs 1 tablespoon melted butter ½ cup flour Pour milk over rice…

Bread Griddle-cakes

1½ cups fine stale bread crumbs 1½ cups scalded milk 2 tablespoons butter 2 eggs 1½ cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder…

Buckwheat Cakes

1/3 cup fine bread crumbs 2 cups scalded milk 1½ teaspoon salt 14 yeast cake 1½ cup lukewarm water 134 cups buckwheat flour 1 tablespoon…

Waffles

134 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon salt 1 cup milk Yolks 2 eggs Whites 2 eggs 1 tablespoon melted butter Mix and sift dry…

Waffles with Boiled Cider

Follow directions for making Waffles. Serve with BOILED CIDER. Allow twice as much cider as sugar, and let boil until of a syrup…

Rice Waffles

134 cups flour 2/3 cup cold cooked rice 4 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 1½ cups milk 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 tablespoons…

Virginia Waffles

1½ cups boiling water 1/2 cup white corn meal 1½ cups milk 3 cups flour 3 tablespoons sugar 114 tablespoons baking powder 1½ teaspoons salt…

Raised Waffles

134 cups milk 14 cup lukewarm water 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon butter Yolks 2 eggs 14 yeast cake Whites 2 eggs Scald milk…

Fried Drop Cakes

11/3 cups flour 21½ teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 1 teaspoon melted butter Beat egg until…

Rye Drop Cakes

2/3 cup rye meal 2/3 cup flour 21½ teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons molasses 1/2 cup milk Mix and sift dry…

Raised Doughnuts

1 cup milk 1/3 cup butter and lard mixed 14 yeast cake 1 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup lukewarm water 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 grated…

Flour (Scald and cool milk when)

Scald and cool milk; when lukewarm, add the yeast cake dis-- solved in water, salt, and flour enough to make a stiff batter; let rise over…

Doughnuts II

134 teaspoons cream of tartar 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg 14 teaspoon cinnamon 1½ tablespoon butter 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour milk 1 egg Put…

Flour (Teaspoons soda teaspoons salt)

2 teaspoons soda 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg Mix ingredients in order given; shape, fry, and drain…

Crullers

4 cups flour 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg 31½ teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk Powdered sugar and cinnamon Cream the butter, add sugar…

Strawberry Short Cake II

2 cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup butter 1½ teaspoon salt 3/4 cup milk Mix same as Strawberry Short Cake I…

Rich Strawberry Short Cake

2 cups flour Few grains nutmeg 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup butter 1½ cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt Mix dry…

Fruit Short Cake

1/4 cup milk 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and egg well beaten. Mix and…

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