Breads, Biscuit and Rolls
Gems, Muffins, Rolls, Toast and Waffles
OME MADE YEAST (with Hops) - Grate six raw potatoes and mix with one cup of brown sugar, two tablespoons of salt and two quarts of flour…
Bread All in One Day
For two loaves allow one-half pint of boiling water; one-half pint of milk; one teaspoon of salt; one tablespoon of butter or lard…
Salt-Rising Bread
Scald in one-half pint of sweet milk three tablespoons of corn meal. Let stand over night. In the morning add to this one quart of warm…
Entire Wheat Bread
For two large loaves allow two quarts of entire wheat flour; one and one-half pints of warm water; one tablespoon of sugar; one tablespoon…
Buttermilk Bread
When buttermilk can be obtained conveniently a delicious kind of bread may be made. For three good-sized loaves use one quart of sour…
Brown Bread
One pint of corn meal; one-half cup of yeast, or one-half cake; one-half cup of molasses; one-half teaspoon of salt; one saltspoon of soda…
Rye Bread
Follow directions given for entire wheat bread, using rye flour instead and adding carraway seeds if liked.
Stale Bread
Bread should never be thrown away, as is often done in many households. It should be placed in a pan and dried very slowly in the oven, the…
Rolled Oats Bread
Let one cup of rolled oats stand for an hour in two cups of boiling water. Add one-half yeast cake dissolved in one-half cup lukewarm…
Gluten Bread
One quart of milk; whites of two eggs; one cake of compressed yeast and a teaspoon of salt. Scald the milk, dissolve yeast cake in a little…
BREAD STICKS (Cream one-quarter cup)
Cream one-quarter cup of butter with one and one-half tablespoons sugar. Add one cup scalded milk and one-half teaspoon of salt. Dissolve a…
Aised Biscuit
Take one pint of bread dough; onehalf teaspoon salt; two tablespoons butter; one egg. Work all well together and knead in sufficient flour…
Pocketbook Rolls
One pint of flour; one tablespoon butter; pinch of salt; one tablespoon sugar. Mix flour, sugar and salt, then rub the butter into it…
Parker House Rolls
For eighteen good-sized rolls allow two scanty quarts of flour; one pint of milk; two teaspoons of salt; two tablespoons of sugar; two…
Yeast Muffins
One and one-half pints of flour; two pints sweet milk; two tablespoons butter; one-half teaspoon salt; twothirds cake yeast; three eggs…
Raised Graham Biscuit
Follow directions for Raised Biscuit, using one pint of graham bread dough. RUSKS, No. I-Take two cups of sugar; one cup of yeast; one cup…
Finger Rolls
Use recipe for Pocketbook Rolls, but shape into long narrow pieces, brush with melted butter or egg, and serve as a dinner roll.
Squash Biscuit
Beat one egg and add to it one cup of milk. Into this mixture stir three level tablespoons of sugar, two of baking powder, two cups of…
English Hot Cross Buns
Sift into a large bowl one full quart of flour; one-half cup of sugar and one-half teaspoon of salt; dissolve one-fourth cup of butter in a…
Cinnamon Bread
Work one tablespoon of butter and the white of one egg, well beaten, into two cups of raised bread dough, kneading it with just as little…
English Muffins
at breakfast time pull some of it quite thin with the fingers and cut into pieces two or three inches long; drop the pieces into boiling…
Nut Brown Bread
Three cups of graham flour; one cup of molasses; a large cup of flour; a teaspoon of soda; pinch of salt. Mix ingredients thoroughly and at…
Tea Cakes
One quart of flour; two teaspoons baking powder; one teaspoon salt; one tablespoon of butter and the same of lard. Sift the flour, baking…
Scotch Scones
Make the preceding mixture for tea cakes, but shape with a small round cooky cutter. Bake on a griddle, turning on both sides until a…
Rice Gems
Take two cups of sweet milk; one cup of sugar; one large cup of boiled rice; flour to thicken; one egg; two tab espoons of melted butter…
Southern Beaten Biscuit
Sift one pint of flour with one teaspoon salt. With the tips of fingers work in one-third cup of lard and moisten to a stiff dough with…
Muffins Without Eggs
Dissolve one teaspoon of soda in one quart of buttermilk, add a little salt and enough flour to make a stiff batter (two or three…
Corn Bread
Take one cup of Indian meal; one cup of wheat flour, sifted with two teaspoons of baking powder; two eggs, one cup milk; two tablespoons of…
Corn Muffins
Two teacups of Indian meal; two teacups of flour; two eggs; piece of butter size of an egg; three teaspoons of baking powder; one pint of…
Baking Powder Biscuit
To make a dozen large biscuits, use one quart of flour; two heaping teaspoons of baking powder; one teaspoon of salt; two even tablespoons…
Sour Milk Biscuit
Into one quart of sifted flour rub a piece of butter as large as an egg and a teaspoon of salt; dissolve one teaspoon of soda, stir it into…
Sally Lunn
Mix a scant half-cup of butter; one-fourth cup of sugar; one cup of milk; one egg; two teaspoons of baking powder and one pint of flour…
Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes
Take two cups of milk; one egg; flour to make a thin batter; one-half teaspoon of salt; one tablespoon of melted butter and one and…
Sour Milk Griddle Cakes
These are made the same way as the preceding, except that sour milk is used instead of sweet, and one teaspoon of soda dissolved in one…
Rice Griddle Cakes
One pint of boiled rice; two pints of milk; one and one-half pints of flour; three eggs; one teaspoon of baking powder; one teaspoon of…
Corn Meal Griddle Cakes
One-half pint of corn meal; one-half pint of flour; one pint of boiling water; one and one-half cups of sweet milk; one teaspoon of baking…
Bread Griddle Cakes
One pint of sweet milk; one and one-half pints of bread crumbs; two eggs; two teaspoons of baking powder; one teaspoon of salt; flour to…
Flannel Cakes
One tablespoon of butter; one pint of flour; one teaspoon of salt; two eggs; two cups of milk; two teaspoons of baking powder. Rub the…
Cream Waffles
Ingredients: One pint of sour cream; one of flour; one tablespoon of corn meal; two eggs; one teaspoon of soda and one-half teaspoon of…
Rice Waffles
Boil in milk until thoroughly soft one-half pound of rice; take from the fire, stir constantly and add, gradually, one quart of sifted…
Toast
OOD toast cannot be made from fresh bread or over a poor fire. Stale bread (a day or so old) should be cut in thin slices and toasted over…
Buttered Toast
Toast stale bread until crisp and a rich brown on both sides. Butter while hot with good, fresh, cold butter, and serve hot.
Cream Toast
Stir a piece of butter the size of an egg into one pint of boiling milk; stir one tablespoon of flour into one cup of rich cream and add…
Water Toast
Toast two slices of bread a rich brown. Put into a soup-plate one teacup of boiling water and one teaspoon of salt. Dip the toast in this…
Fried Toast
Beat three eggs, add one pint of sweet milk and a pinch of salt. Dip inch-thick slices of baker's bread from which the crust has been cut…
French Toast
Beat an egg and add to it one cup of sweet milk and a little salt; a little sugar may be added to the milk if desired. Dip slices of bread…
PULLED BREAD (Take freshly baked bread)
Take freshly baked bread and remove the entire crust. With a fork pull the tender bread into irregular pieces about a finger in length, and…
CRISPED BREAD (Cut the crust from stale bread)
Cut the crust from stale bread. Slice it as thin as a wafer, dry it on a pan lined with paper, in the oven, leaving the door open. When…