Sift together one pint flour and one full teaspoon baking powder.
Rub into this one tablespoon butter. Add one well beaten egg, one
level teaspoon sugar and one-half teaspoon salt. Mix together quick-
ly with one-half cup milk✪ Egg Biscuits or more if needed. Roll to one-half inch
thickness, cut into biscuits and bake in a quick oven about fifteen
minutes. Christina Van Voorhes Rose (Upsilon).
Ginger Biscuit
Yi cup butter 1 teaspoon soda
Yi cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Yi cup sour milk 1 teaspoon ginger
Yi cup sugar 1 egg
flour to make a cooky batter✪ Ginger Biscuit
Roll thick, cut, and bake. Ethel Elliott Swan (Tau).
Grandma's Sweet Biscuit
2 cups brown sugar 1 rounded teaspoon soda
2 cups thick sour cream Y2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons allspice✪ Grandma's Sweet Biscuit
Mix soft and roll about one-half inch thick.
Louise Cady Loft (Lambda Nu).
Tea Biscuits
1 pint luke warm milk
Yi cake compressed yeast, dissolved in
Y cup warm water
scant Y cup of butter or other shortening
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten✪ Tea Biscuits
Mix these ingredients together. Add flour to make a stiff dough,
let rise over night. Knead down and let rise again. Roll out in a
sheet one inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter.
Fold over with a piece of butter in the fold. Let rise until very
light and bake in a quick oven fifteen or eighteen minutes.
Orra Firkins (Lambda).
128 DELTA GAMMA COOK BOOK
Gems and Muffins
Bran Gems
2 cups table bran 2 tablespoons molasses
2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour milk 1 egg
2 teaspoons soda
Bake in gem pans in hot oven. Emma Hinsdale (Rho).
Chocolate Gems
1 cup sugar 1 egg
2 tablespoons butter Y^ cup cold water
2 tablespoons cocoa Yi teaspoon salt
1 small teaspoon baking powder 1 cup flour
Frances Firkins (Lambda).
My Mother's Graham Gems
1 pint graham flour 1 egg, beaten
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon lard 1 cup milk
pinch salt
Pour milk into egg, then add flour. Have pans greased and
oven hot. Bake ten or fifteen minutes.
Hazel Whitaker Vandenberg (Xi).
Muffins
2 cups flour 2 tablespoons melted butter
4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk
Yi teaspoon salt 1 egg
2 teaspoons sugar✪ Muffins Corneha Lindsey (Kappa).
Bran Muffins
2 cups bran 1 small teaspoon soda
1 cup graham flour 1 cup milk
Y cup molasses 1 egg
salt✪ Bran Muffins
Bake in gem pans twenty to thirty minutes.
Norma Rosholt Cammack (Lambda Nu).
BREADS 129
Blueberry Muffins
2 tablespoons butter 1 cup sweet milk
1 tablespoon sugar 2}^ cups flour
2 eggs 1 cup blueberries
2 teaspoons baking powder✪ Blueberry Muffins
Mix butter and sugar until creamy, then add eggs, beaten light.
Sift baking powder with flour and add flour alternately with the
milk, then add berries dusted with flour. Bake thirty minutes.
(Huckleberries may be substituted for blueberries in this recipe).
Frances Firkins (Lambda).
Blueberry Cake or Muffins
1 egg 3^ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar 1^ cups flour
1 cup sour cream 1 cup blueberries (floured)
1 scant teaspoon soda✪ Blueberry Cake or Muffins
Mix egg and sugar, beat well. Then add cream, soda, salt,
flour. Add berries last and stir lightly. Bake in small dripping pan
or muffin tins. Eat while fresh.
Adelaide Conners (Lambda Nu).
Com Muffins
1 egg 1 cup flour
\i cup sugar 1 cup corn meal
2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons melted butter
Ehzabeth McDowell (Omicron).
Date Muffins
1 cup milk 1 egg, beaten ✪ Date Muffins
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Sift together one pint flour and one full teaspoon baking powder. Rub into this one tablespoon butter. Add one well beaten egg, one level teaspoon sugar and one-half teaspoon salt. Mix together quickly with one-half cup milk or more if needed. Roll to one-half inch thickness, cut into biscuits and bake in a quick oven about fifteen minutes. Christina Van Voorhes Rose (Upsilon).
Ginger Biscuit
1/3 cup butter 1 teaspoon soda
1/3 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon ginger
1/3 cup sugar 1 egg flour to make a cooky batter
Roll thick, cut, and bake. Ethel Elliott Swan (Tau).
Grandma's Sweet Biscuit 2 cups brown sugar 1 rounded teaspoon soda
2 cups thick sour cream 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons allspice Mix soft and roll about one-half inch thick.
Louise Cady Loft (Lambda Nu).
Tea Biscuits 1 pint luke warm milk 1/3 cake compressed yeast, dissolved in
1/2 cup warm water scant 1/2 cup of butter or other shortening 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg, well beaten Mix these ingredients together. Add flour to make a stiff dough, let rise over night. Knead down and let rise again. Roll out in a sheet one inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter.
Fold over with a piece of butter in the fold. Let rise until very light and bake in a quick oven fifteen or eighteen minutes.
Orra Firkins (Lambda).
Gems and Muffins Bran Gems 2 cups table bran 2 tablespoons molasses
2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour milk 1 egg
2 teaspoons soda Bake in gem pans in hot oven. Emma Hinsdale (Rho).
Chocolate Gems
1 cup sugar 1 egg
2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup cold water 2 tablespoons cocoa 1/3 teaspoon salt
1 small teaspoon baking powder 1 cup flour
Frances Firkins (Lambda).
My Mother's Graham Gems 1 pint graham flour 1 egg, beaten
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon lard 1 cup milk pinch salt
Pour milk into egg, then add flour. Have pans greased and oven hot. Bake ten or fifteen minutes.
Hazel Whitaker Vandenberg (Xi).
Muffins
2 cups flour 2 tablespoons melted butter 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk
Yi teaspoon salt 1 egg
2 teaspoons sugar Corneha Lindsey (Kappa).
Bran Muffins
2 cups bran 1 small teaspoon soda
1 cup graham flour 1 cup milk
1/2 cup molasses 1 egg
salt Bake in gem pans twenty to thirty minutes.
Norma Rosholt Cammack (Lambda Nu).
Blueberry Muffins
2 tablespoons butter 1 cup sweet milk
1 tablespoon sugar 2 1/2 cups flour
2 eggs 1 cup blueberries 2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix butter and sugar until creamy, then add eggs, beaten light. Sift baking powder with flour and add flour alternately with the milk, then add berries dusted with flour. Bake thirty minutes. (Huckleberries may be substituted for blueberries in this recipe).
Frances Firkins (Lambda).
Blueberry Cake or Muffins
1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar 1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sour cream 1 cup blueberries (floured)
1 scant teaspoon soda Mix egg and sugar, beat well. Then add cream, soda, salt, flour. Add berries last and stir lightly. Bake in small dripping pan or muffin tins. Eat while fresh.
Adelaide Conners (Lambda Nu).
Com Muffins
1 egg 1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar 1 cup corn meal
2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons melted butter
Elizabeth McDowell (Omicron).
Date Muffins
1 cup milk 1 egg, beaten
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