Cereals, Batters and Doughs
Cooking Cereals
Water Cereal Salt (teaspoon) Oatmeal.. 4 cups to 1 cup 1 3 hours Rolled Oats. 2½ cups to 1 cup 1 to 1 hour Rice (boiled) 8 cups to 1 cup 1…
Steamed Rice
1 cup of rice 1 teaspoon salt 1 quart boiling water or scalded milk Cook as other cereal, stirring occasionally with fork to prevent…
Browned Hominy
Fry cooked hominy to a golden brown in just enough fat to prevent sticking. Bacon fat or other drippings are preferable to lard because of…
Plain Muffins
3½ teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk Sift the dry ingredients, add gradually the eggs well beaten, milk and fat…
Bran Muffins
2 cups bran 3 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 2 tablespoons melted fat About 1½ cups sweet milk Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder…
Cornmeal Muffins
3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon melted fat teaspoon salt cup milk 1 egg Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk…
Corn Cake
cup cornmeal 1 cup flour cup sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg, well beaten 1 cup milk ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted fat Mix and…
Baking Powder Biscuits
teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons fat About cup milk Mix and sift dry ingredients. Rub in fat with tips of fingers, or…
Sour Milk or Soda Biscuits
2 cups flour teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons fat teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder Follow directions for baking powder biscuits. 2…
Sweet Milk Doughnuts
4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg Flour to make a soft dough (3 to 4 cups) • Cream the fat, add the…
Pop-Overs
cup milk 2 eggs teaspoon melted shortening Mix salt and flour, add the milk; beat until smooth. Add remaining of milk, well-beaten eggs and…
Gingerbread
1 cup sour milk 1½ teaspoons soda 1 cup molasses 2 teaspoons ginger 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted butter Mix soda with…
Graham Baking Powder Nut Bread
3 cups graham flour 1 cup white flour cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups milk 1 egg 1 cup nut meats Mix and sift…
Raisin Bread
3½ cups flour 4½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 tablespoon fat 1½ cups milk 1 cup chopped raisins cup sugar (or less) Sift…
Boston Brown Bread
1 teaspoon salt tablespoon soda 2 cups sour milk cup molasses cup raisins, if desired Sift together dry ingredients. Mix well with sour…
Griddle Cake Suggestions
Use a frying pan or griddle. Grease the griddle if necessary (soapstone or aluminum must never be greased). Let fat begin to smoke before…
Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes
1 tablespoon sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups to 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons melted fat 3 teaspoons baking powder Combine all dry materials and sift…
Sour Milk Griddle Cakes
4 cups flour teaspoon salt 1 egg 2 cups sour milk 1½ teaspoons soda 1 tablespoon fat Follow directions given under sweet milk griddle…
Corn Cakes
1½ teaspoons salt 1½ cups boiling water 1 cup cornmeal 2 tablespoons melted fat 1 cup milk 4 teaspoons baking 1 cup sugar 1 egg powder Add…
Waffles
1½ cups flour teaspoon salt 2 egg yolks 3 teaspoons baking 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons melted fat powder 1 cup milk 2 egg whites…
Buttered Toast
Cut bread a day old into 1-inch slices, put slices in a wire toaster or on a grate and place it some distance from the fire that it may dry…
Cream Toast
Dip slices of toast into white sauce (see page 29). Pour remaining sauce on the pieces of toast and serve hot.
French Toast
1 egg slightly beaten 5 slices of bread teaspoon salt 1 cup sweet milk 2 tablespoons sugar Fat to grease the griddle Add the salt, sugar…
Cinnamon Toast
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Slightly stale bread Butter 1 cup granulated sugar Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and transfer to a shaker…