Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The Gastronomy Collection of George Holl AGRFC. LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2006 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/auntcarolinesdixOOmcl<irich AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES 5 Aunt Caroline's Dixieland f s s Recipes I i i I I i s i I I B, s EMMA and WILLIAM McKINNEY A RARE CX)IiIJECTION OF I CHOICE SOUTHERN DISHES I s s i i i i OMcago I Laird & Lee, Inc. | Publishers | I COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY WM. McKINNEY AGRIC. Foreword In the art of cooking the "Old Southern Mammy" has few equals and recogonizes no peers. The following recipes have, with great patience and kindly perseverance, been drawn from the treasured mem- ories of Aunt Caroline Pickett, a famous old Virginia cook, the *'pinch of this" and "just a smacker of that" so wonder- fully and mysteriously combined by the culinary masters of the Southland have been carefully and scientifically anaU'^zed and recorded in this volume, and after a practical test of each recipe herein presented, the author can, with the fullest de- griee of confidence, recommend the following as the most at- tractive and economical combination ever presented. The variety covers a range sufficient to fully gratify the demands of the modest as well as the exacting tastes of the most pronounced epicure, and have been carefully classified and alphabetically arranged for the convenience of the house- wife, and a page has been left blank opposite each page of recipes for her own favorite dishes. It is the author's in- tention that this little book become a veritable treasure trove of dainty, appetizing and tasty dishes. iwi'^l^^i'^llfl In sweet memories of a happy childhood spent in the atmosphere of the plantations and cabins of Virginia under the benign influence of my Dear Old Southern Mammy, Aunt Caroline, this volume is affectionately dedicated. William McKinney CONTENTS BreacU Virginia Beaten Biscuit 1 Southern Sweet-Potato Biscuits -. 1 Johnny Reb Cake 1 Spoon Bread - 3 Cinnamon Toast 3 Piedmont Corn Meal Mush * 3 Virginia Corn Fritters - 5 French Toast 5 Mammy's Graham Muffins - 5 Aunt Caroline's Corn Bread 7 Bolted Corn Meal Bread 7 Mammy's Light Rolls 9 Golden Toast 9 Mississippi Biscuits ~ 1 1 Virginia Waffles -» 11 Cotton Blossom Popovers ^ 11 Dixie Biscuit , 13 Flour Muffins 13 Baltimore Egg Bread - 15 Southern Pastry _. 15 Griddle Cakes -. 15 Sally Lunn * 17 Jeff Davis Muffins 17 Carolina Corn Meal Rolls ^ 19 Carolina Brown Bread 19 Salt Rising Bread 21 Beverages Egg Nog— Maryland Style 23 Swanee Fruit Punch 23 Louisiana Coffee 23 Hot Chocolate 25 Tea. Southern Style 25 Iced Tea ^ 25 Uncle Remus Mint Julep 27 Dewberry Vinegar „ 27 Cakes Devil's Food Cake 29 Filling for Devil's Food Cake 29 Old Dominion Cake 31 Filling for Old Dominion Cake 31 Angels' Food Cake 31 Magnolia Sponge Cake 33 Filling for Magnolia Sponge Cake 31 Tutti Frutti Cake 33 Brides Cake 33 Ponciania Cake „ „ 35 Sally White Cake „ 35 Cabin Cake _ 37 Filling for Cabin Cake 37 Pride of Kentucky Cake 37 Gold and White Anniversary Cake 39 Filling for Anniversary Cake 39 Marguerites 39 Apple Sauce Cake ^ 41 Betsy Ross Pound Cake .. — „ - 41

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Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The Gastronomy Collection of George Holl AGRFC. LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2006 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/auntcarolinesdixOOmcl<irich Aunt Caroline's Dixieland f s s Recipes I I I s I B, s EMMA and WILLIAM McKINNEY A RARE CX)IiIJECTION OF I CHOICE SOUTHERN DISHES I s s i i i i OMcago I Laird & Lee, Inc. | Publishers | COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY WM. McKINNEY AGRIC. Foreword In the art of cooking the "Old Southern Mammy" has few equals and recognizes no peers. The following recipes have, with great patience and kindly perseverance, been drawn from the treasured memories of Aunt Caroline Pickett, a famous old Virginia cook, the *'pinch of this" and "just a smacker of that" so wonderfully and mysteriously combined by the culinary masters of the Southland have been carefully and scientifically analyzed and recorded in this volume, and after a practical test of each recipe herein presented, the author can, with the fullest degree of confidence, recommend the following as the most attractive and economical combination ever presented. The variety covers a range sufficient to fully gratify the demands of the modest as well as the exacting tastes of the most pronounced epicure, and have been carefully classified and alphabetically arranged for the convenience of the housewife, and a page has been left blank opposite each page of recipes for her own favorite dishes. It is the author's intention that this little book become a veritable treasure trove of dainty, appetizing and tasty dishes. In sweet memories of a happy childhood spent in the atmosphere of the plantations and cabins of Virginia under the benign influence of my Dear Old Southern Mammy, Aunt Caroline, this volume is affectionately dedicated. William McKinney CONTENTS BreacU Virginia Beaten Biscuit 1 Southern Sweet-Potato Biscuits -. 1 Johnny Reb Cake 1 Spoon Bread - 3 Cinnamon Toast 3 Piedmont Corn Meal Mush * 3 Virginia Corn Fritters - 5 French Toast 5 Mammy's Graham Muffins - 5 Aunt Caroline's Corn Bread 7 Bolted Corn Meal Bread 7 Mammy's Light Rolls 9 Golden Toast 9 Mississippi Biscuits ~ 1 1 Virginia Waffles -» 11 Cotton Blossom Popovers ^ 11 Dixie Biscuit , 13 Flour Muffins 13 Baltimore Egg Bread - 15 Southern Pastry _. 15 Griddle Cakes -. 15 Sally Lunn * 17 Jeff Davis Muffins 17 Carolina Corn Meal Rolls ^ 19 Carolina Brown Bread 19 Salt Rising Bread 21 Beverages Egg Nog— Maryland Style 23 Swanee Fruit Punch 23 Louisiana Coffee 23 Hot Chocolate 25 Tea. Southern Style 25 Iced Tea ^ 25 Uncle Remus Mint Julep 27 Dewberry Vinegar „ 27 Cakes Devil's Food Cake 29 Filling for Devil's Food Cake 29 Old Dominion Cake 31 Filling for Old Dominion Cake 31 Angels' Food Cake 31 Magnolia Sponge Cake 33 Filling for Magnolia Sponge Cake 31 Tutti Frutti Cake 33 Brides Cake 33 Ponciania Cake „ „ 35 Sally White Cake „ 35 Cabin Cake _ 37 Filling for Cabin Cake 37 Pride of Kentucky Cake 37 Gold and White Anniversary Cake 39 Filling for Anniversary Cake 39 Marguerites 39 Apple Sauce Cake ^ 41 Betsy Ross Pound Cake .. — „ - 41

Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes