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Original White House Cookbook

1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Three pints of flour, three eggs, a piece of butter the size of an egg, two heaping teaspoonfuls of white sugar, one-half cake of compressed yeast and a quart of milkRAISED MUFFINS No. 2; warm the milk with the butter in it; cool a lit- tle, stir in the sugar and add a little salt; stir this gradually into the flour, then add the eggs well beaten; dissolve the yeast in half a cup of luke- warm water and add to the other ingredients; if the muffins are wanted for luncheon, mix them about eight o’clock in the morning; if for break- fast, set them at ten o’clock at night; when ready for baking, stir in half a teaspoonful of soda’ dissolved in a teaspoonful of hot water; butter the mufiin-rings or gem-irons and bake in a quick oven. BREAD — BISCUITS, ROLLS, MUFFINS, ETC. 245 EGG MUFFINS. (Fine.) One quart of flour, sifted twice; three eggs, the whites and yolks beaten separately, three teacups of sweet milk, a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of sugar, a large tablespoonful of lard or butter and two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powderEGG MUFFINS (Fine). Sift together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder; rub in the lard cold, add the beaten eggs and milk; mix quickly into a smooth batter, a little flrmer than for griddle-cakes. Grease well some muffin-pans and fill them two-thirds full. Bake in a hot oven fifteen or twenty minutes. These made of cream, omitting the but- ter, are excellent. PLAIN MUFFINS. One egg well beaten, a tablespoonful of butter and a tablespoonful of sugar, with a teaspoonful of salt, all beaten until very light. One cup of milk, three of sifted flour and three teaspoonfuls of baking powderPLAIN MUFFINS. One- half Graham and one-half rye meal may be used instead of wheat flour, or two cups of corn meal and one of flour. Drop on well-greased patty-pans and bake twenty minutes in a rather quick oven, or bake on a griddle in muffin-rings. MUFFINS WITHOUT EGGS. One quart of buttermilk, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, a little salt, and flour enough to make a stiff batterMUFFINS WITHOUT EGGS. Drop in hot gem-pans and bake in a quick oven. Two or three tablespoonfuls of sour cream will make them a little richer. TENNESSEE MUFFINS. One pint of corn meal, one pint of flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, three of baking powder, one tablespoonful of lard or butter, two eggs and a pint of milkTENNESSEE MUFFINS. Sift together corn meal, flour, sugar, salt and powder ; rub in lard or butter cold, and eggs beaten and milk ; mix into batter of consistency of cup-cake ; muflBn-rings to be cold and well greased, then fill two-thirds full. Bake in hot oven fifteen minutes. CORN MEAL MUFFINS. (Without Eggs.) One cup of flour, one cup of corn meal, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, water to make a thick batter, or sour milk is better ; mix at night ; in the morning add two tablespoonfuls melted butter and one teaspoonful of sodaCORN MEAL MUFFINS (Without Eggs) ; bake in cake rounds. 246 BREAD— BISCUITS, ROLLS, MUFFINS, ETC, HOMINY MUFFINS. Two CUPS of boiled hominy ; beat it smooth, stir in three cups of sour milk, half a cup of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of salt, two tablespoon- fuls of sugar; add three eggs well beaten, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, two cups of flour. Bake quickly. Rice muffins may be made in the same manner. GEAHAM GEMS. No. 1. Two CUPFULS of Graham flour, one cupful of wheat flour, two teaspoon^ fuls of baking powder, a tablespoonful of sugar, one of salt and one well-beaten eggGRAHAM GEMS No. 1.